Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/häpü
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This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic
Etymology
From *häpedä + *-ü. The sense "vulva" attested in some descendants may simply be an extension of "shame" or it may alternatively be related to Proto-Samic *sieppë (“pubic hair”).
Noun
*häpü
Inflection
Inflection of *häpü
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *häpü | *häbüt | |
| accusative | *häbün | *häbüt | |
| genitive | *häbün | *häpüden *häpüiden | |
| partitive | *häpüdä | *häpüidä | |
| inessive | *häbüssä *häbühnä |
*häbüissä *häbüihnä | |
| elative | *häbüstä | *häbüistä | |
| illative | *häpühen | *häpüihen | |
| adessive | *häbüllä | *häbüillä | |
| ablative | *häbültä | *häbüiltä | |
| allative | *häpülen *häpülek |
*häpüilen *häpüilek | |
| essive | *häpünä | *häpüinä | |
| translative | *häbüksi | *häbüiksi | |
| instructive | *häbün | *häbüin | |
| comitative | *häpünek | *häpüinek | |
| abessive | *häbüttä | *häbüittä | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “häbi”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “häpeä”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN