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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńåmå

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 *ńoma.

Noun

*ńåmå

  1. hare

Descendants
  • Nganasan: нөму (ńomu)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: няба (ńaba)
    • Tundra Enets: наба (naba)
  • Nenets:
  • Proto-Selkup: *ńoma
    • Northern Selkup: нёма (njoma)
    • Southern Selkup:

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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