Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/coapcē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

Unknown. According to Aikio (2004), probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*coapcē

  1. foothold

Inflection

Even
Nominative *coapcē
Genitive *coap̯c̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *coapcē *coap̯c̯ēk
Accusative *coap̯c̯ēm *coap̯c̯ijtē
Partitive *coapcētē
Genitive *coap̯c̯ēn *coap̯c̯ij
Essive *coapcēnē *coap̯c̯ijnē
Inessive *coap̯c̯ēsnē
Elative *coap̯c̯ēstē *coap̯c̯ijstē
Illative *coapcās̯ën
Comitative *coap̯c̯ijnē
*coap̯c̯ijnë
Abessive *coap̯c̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: tsåeptsie
    • Lule Sami: tsoapptse
    • Northern Sami: coakci
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: cuápˈci

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.