Proto-Uralic/-ka
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Examples of this suffix:
Derivation
- *tuxli "wind" → tulka "feather" (Janhunen 2008)
- *päxli "side" → *pälkä "thumb" (Janhunen 2008)
- *ńäxli- "eat" → S *ńälkä "tasty", F *nälkä "hunger" (AASmy #1)
- *ponča "tail" → FS *počka "thigh" (AASmy #2, orig. J. Saarikivi)
- *peli- "to fear" → BF *pelko "fear", *pelkät- "to fear" (? verbal sense perhaps re-derived)
- *pečä "pine" → BF *petäkä
- *weri "blood" → Mansi *wirəɣ → *wiɣr
No root, but trisyllabic anyway
These words mostly appear to be limited to Finno-Permic.
- #kajaka "gull" (Mansi *kåjək)
- #majaka "beaver" (siffix not apparent in Permic)
- BF *jalaka "elm" (cf. *halaka, *salaka "willow" ← Gmc)
- BF *kataka "juniper" (versus Samic *koačēvē "prickly"?)
