"kientē" meaning in Proto-Samic

See kientē in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skenþa- (later *skinþą), with the semantic shift “skin” → “meadow” (compare Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”) → keto (“dry meadow”)). Compare also Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”). Etymology templates: {{bor|smi-pro|gem-pro||*skenþa-}} Proto-Germanic *skenþa-, {{m-g|skin}} “skin”, {{m-g|meadow}} “meadow”, {{ncog|fi|kesi||thin outer layer of skin}} Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”), {{ncog|da|skindbåre|t=fallow field left to grow grass}} Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”) Head templates: {{head|smi-pro|noun}} *kientē Inflection templates: {{smi-infl-noun-even|kientē}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kientē [nominative, singular], kien̯t̯ēk [nominative, plural], kien̯t̯ēm [accusative, singular], kien̯t̯ijtē [accusative, plural], kientētē [partitive, singular], kien̯t̯ijtē [partitive, plural], kien̯t̯ēn [genitive, singular], kien̯t̯ij [genitive, plural], kientēnē [essive, singular], kien̯t̯ijnē [essive, plural], kien̯t̯ēsnē [inessive, singular], kien̯t̯ijnē [inessive, plural], kien̯t̯ēstē [elative, singular], kien̯t̯ijstē [elative, plural], kientās̯ën [illative, singular], - [illative, plural], kien̯t̯ijnē [comitative, singular], kien̯t̯ijnë [comitative, singular], - [comitative, plural], kien̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk [abessive, singular], - [abessive, plural]
  1. meadow, field Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-kientē-smi-pro-noun-OPQoV8rp Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Samic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Southern Sami",
          "lang_code": "sma",
          "word": "giedtie"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ume Sami",
          "lang_code": "sju",
          "word": "geädˈdie"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Pite Sami",
          "lang_code": "sje",
          "word": "gädˈde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "lang_code": "smj",
          "word": "giedde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "lang_code": "se",
          "word": "gieddi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Western Samic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Inari Sami",
          "lang_code": "smn",
          "word": "kiedˈdi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "lang_code": "sms",
          "word": "ǩeʹdd"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "kíntišče",
              "word": "ки́нтище"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Kildin Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjd",
          "roman": "kīnnt",
          "word": "кӣннт"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ter Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjt",
          "word": "kïnnd"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Samic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kenttä"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*skinþą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinþą"
    ],
    [
      "kesi",
      "kesi#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "keto",
      "keto#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "skindbåre",
      "skindbåre#Danish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*skenþa-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skenþa-",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "“skin”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meadow"
      },
      "expansion": "“meadow”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kesi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thin outer layer of skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skindbåre",
        "t": "fallow field left to grow grass"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skenþa- (later *skinþą), with the semantic shift “skin” → “meadow” (compare Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”) → keto (“dry meadow”)). Compare also Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smi-infl-noun-even",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijtē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientētē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijtē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ij",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientēnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēsnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēstē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijstē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientās̯ën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnë",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*kientē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kientē"
      },
      "name": "smi-infl-noun-even"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Samic",
  "lang_code": "smi-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kientē",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Samic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meadow, field"
      ],
      "id": "en-kientē-smi-pro-noun-OPQoV8rp",
      "links": [
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kientē"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Southern Sami",
          "lang_code": "sma",
          "word": "giedtie"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ume Sami",
          "lang_code": "sju",
          "word": "geädˈdie"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Pite Sami",
          "lang_code": "sje",
          "word": "gädˈde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lule Sami",
          "lang_code": "smj",
          "word": "giedde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "lang_code": "se",
          "word": "gieddi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Western Samic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Inari Sami",
          "lang_code": "smn",
          "word": "kiedˈdi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "lang_code": "sms",
          "word": "ǩeʹdd"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "roman": "kíntišče",
              "word": "ки́нтище"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Kildin Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjd",
          "roman": "kīnnt",
          "word": "кӣннт"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ter Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjt",
          "word": "kïnnd"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Eastern Samic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kenttä"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*skinþą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skinþą"
    ],
    [
      "kesi",
      "kesi#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "keto",
      "keto#Finnish"
    ],
    [
      "skindbåre",
      "skindbåre#Danish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*skenþa-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skenþa-",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skin"
      },
      "expansion": "“skin”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meadow"
      },
      "expansion": "“meadow”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kesi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thin outer layer of skin"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skindbåre",
        "t": "fallow field left to grow grass"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skenþa- (later *skinþą), with the semantic shift “skin” → “meadow” (compare Finnish kesi (“thin outer layer of skin”) → keto (“dry meadow”)). Compare also Danish skindbåre (“fallow field left to grow grass”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smi-infl-noun-even",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijtē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientētē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijtē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ij",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientēnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēsnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēstē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijstē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kientās̯ën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ijnë",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kien̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smi-pro",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "*kientē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kientē"
      },
      "name": "smi-infl-noun-even"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Samic",
  "lang_code": "smi-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kientē",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Samic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Samic even nouns",
        "Proto-Samic even ē-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Samic lemmas",
        "Proto-Samic nouns",
        "Proto-Samic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Samic terms derived from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meadow, field"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meadow",
          "meadow"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kientē"
}

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