Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/korå

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (male animal).

Noun

*korå

  1. male animal
  2. reindeer bull

Descendants

  • Nganasan: куру (kuru)
  • Enets:
  • Nenets:
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: (qorɨ)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: кор (kor, male animal)
      • Upper Ob: коор (koor, male animal)
  • Kamassian: кхора (kʰora)
  • >? Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan: *qora (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Tungusic: *oran (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.