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Proto-Samoyedic
Alternative reconstructions
( Older reconstruction ) *äpå
( Enets ) *åpå
Etymology
Likely originally a nursery word. Compare Proto-Turkic *apa ( “ older female relative ” ) .
Noun
*apå
older sister
Descendants
Nganasan: ӈаху ( ŋaxu )
Enets:
Forest Enets: абаа ( abaa )
Tundra Enets: абаа ( abaa )
Nenets:
Tundra Nenets: нябако ( nyabako )
Proto-Selkup: *āpa
Southern Selkup:
Narym: абá ( abá )
Upper Ob: эаба ( eaba )
> ? Kamassian: пхаба ( pʰaba ) (possibly, with influence from *pepä ( “ younger brother, sister ” ) )
> ? Mator: ӱхӓ ( ühä ) (possibly, with influence from *pepä ( “ younger brother, sister ” ) )
References
^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17 . Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN .
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^ Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023 ) Forest and Tundra Enets , →DOI , →ISBN , page 796
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