Proto-Uralic/-ma

Derivation

• PU
  • *ka(x)lə- "to die" → *kalma "death"
  • *śurə- "to die" → *śurma "death"
  • *ńä(x)lə- "eat" → *ńälmä "tongue"
  • *ńoxə- "to hunt" → *ńoma "hare"
  • *oða- "to sleep" → *oðama "sleep"
• Within Samoyedic
  • *ńimə- "to suck" → Smy *ńimmä "breast"
  • *sewə- "eat" → Smy *timä "tooth" (should be *temä?) (AASmy 1)
• Within West Uralic
  • *wo-(lə-) "to be, to have" → FSM *(w)oma "own"
  • *wajŋə "breath" → FSM *wajma "spirit"
  • *śola/śooli "intestine" → S/F *śolma/śolmi "strait" (semantics weak)
• Within Mordvinic
  • *kajwa- "to dig" → Mo *kajmə "spade"
  • *kojwa "birch" → Mo *kujmə "basket"
• Within Finnic
  • *wëlka- "to arrive" → F *valkama "landing"
  • *waśa- "to shoot" → F *vasama "bolt of lightning"

(and is this the same as the infinitiv -mA?)

Check: Janhunen '92 — Petrified verbal nouns in early Uralic (in Rédei festschrift, Studia Uralica 6)