FINNIC NUMERALS FOR ‘8’ AND ‘9’ AND A POSSIBLE PARALLEL FROM SAMOYED

FINNIC NUMERALS FOR ‘8’ AND ‘9’ AND A POSSIBLE PARALLEL FROM SAMOYED

The paper deals with a suffix contained in the Finnic numerals for ‘eight’ and ‘nine’, such as the Estonian kahe-ksa and ühe-ksa. Taking into consideration the forms of some southern varieties of Finnic, such as Votic and Livonian, it is proposed to reconstruct the Proto-Finnic suffix *-ksama/*-ksa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gusev, V. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2022
Subjects:
Finnic languages
Numerals
Samoyed languages
Uralic etymology
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Summary:The paper deals with a suffix contained in the Finnic numerals for ‘eight’ and ‘nine’, such as the Estonian kahe-ksa and ühe-ksa. Taking into consideration the forms of some southern varieties of Finnic, such as Votic and Livonian, it is proposed to reconstruct the Proto-Finnic suffix *-ksama/*-ksämä and compare it with the segment - saa in Tundra Enets eesaa, Forest Enets neesaa ‘nine’, tracing them back to Proto-Uralic *-kśama. © 2022 the Author.
ISBN:08684731 (ISSN)
DOI:10.3176/lu.2022.1.01

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