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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Akin to Proto-Samic *kuolkë (“hair”), Erzya калго (kalgo), Moksha калга (kalga) (both "culm of a fibrous plant"). A common root *këlke could be reconstructed.
Noun
*kalki[1]
- single hair
- culm
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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*kalki
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*kalgët
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accusative
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*kalgën
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*kalgët
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genitive
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*kalgën
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*kalkëdën *kalkidën
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partitive
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*kalkëda
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*kalkida
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inessive
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*kalgëssa *kalgëhna
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*kalgissa *kalgihna
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elative
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*kalgësta
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*kalgista
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illative
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*kalkëhën
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*kalkihën
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adessive
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*kalgëlla
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*kalgilla
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ablative
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*kalgëlta
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*kalgilta
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allative
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*kalkëlën *kalkëlëk
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*kalkilën *kalkilëk
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essive
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*kalkëna
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*kalkina
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translative
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*kalgëksi
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*kalgiksi
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instructive
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*kalgën
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*kalgin
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comitative
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*kalkënëk
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*kalkinëk
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abessive
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*kalgëtta
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*kalgitta
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Finnish: (Tavastian dialects) kalki
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kalki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN