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This Proto-Samoyedic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samoyedic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Likely originally a nursery word. Compare Proto-Turkic *apa (older female relative).

Noun

*apå

  1. older sister

Descendants

  • Nganasan: ӈаху (ŋaxu)
  • Enets:
  • Nenets:
  • Proto-Selkup: *āpa
  • >? Kamassian: пхаба (pʰaba) (possibly, with influence from *pepä (younger brother, sister))
  • >? Mator: ӱхӓ (ühä) (possibly, with influence from *pepä (younger brother, sister))

References

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