Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/koaskē

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

From Proto-Uralic *koska.

Noun

*koaskē

1. a maternal aunt older than one's mother

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*koaskē
Genitive	*koas̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*koaskē	*koas̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*koas̯k̯ēm	*koas̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*koaskētē
Genitive	*koas̯k̯ēn	*koas̯k̯ij
Essive	*koaskēnē	*koas̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*koas̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*koas̯k̯ēstē	*koas̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*koaskās̯ën	—
Comitative	*koas̯k̯ijnē *koas̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*koas̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gåeskie
  • Ume Sami: gå̄sskie
  • Pite Sami: gå̄sske
  • Lule Sami: goasske
  • Northern Sami: goaski
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuásˈki
  • Skolt Sami: kuäʹsǩǩ
  • Kildin Sami: куэсськ (kuess’k)

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
• Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.