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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *küńä.
Noun
*künä[1]
- trough
- Synonym: *aldas, *kaukalo, *ruuhi
- quill, hollow shaft (lower shaft of a feather)
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*künä
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*künät
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accusative
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*künän
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*künät
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genitive
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*künän
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*künäden *küneiden
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partitive
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*künädä
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*küneidä
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inessive
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*künässä *künähnä
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*küneissä *küneihnä
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elative
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*künästä
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*küneistä
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illative
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*künähen
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*küneihen
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adessive
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*künällä
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*küneillä
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ablative
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*künältä
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*küneiltä
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allative
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*künälen *künälek
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*küneilen *küneilek
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essive
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*künänä
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*küneinä
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translative
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*künäksi
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*küneiksi
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instructive
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*künän
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*künein
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comitative
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*künänek
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*küneinek
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abessive
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*künättä
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*küneittä
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*künä”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “küna”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1314 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.