Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirjaba
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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
Adjective
*kirjaba
Inflection
Inflection of *kirjaba
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirjaba | *kirjabat | |
| accusative | *kirjaban | *kirjabat | |
| genitive | *kirjaban | *kirjabadën *kirjaboidën | |
| partitive | *kirjabata | *kirjaboita | |
| inessive | *kirjabassa *kirjabahna |
*kirjaboissa *kirjaboihna | |
| elative | *kirjabasta | *kirjaboista | |
| illative | *kirjabasën | *kirjaboisën | |
| adessive | *kirjaballa | *kirjaboilla | |
| ablative | *kirjabalta | *kirjaboilta | |
| allative | *kirjabalën *kirjabalëk |
*kirjaboilën *kirjaboilëk | |
| essive | *kirjabana | *kirjaboina | |
| translative | *kirjabaksi | *kirjaboiksi | |
| instructive | *kirjaban | *kirjaboin | |
| comitative | *kirjabanëk | *kirjaboinëk | |
| abessive | *kirjabatta | *kirjaboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal; Kihnu) kirjav
- Finnish: kirjava
- Ingrian: kirjava
- Karelian:
- Livonian: kērabi
- Livvi: kirjavu, kirjau
- Ludian: kird'av, kird'au
- Veps: kirjav
- Võro: (Leivu) kirdav
- Votic: tširjõvõ
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kirja”, in 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