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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Proto-Uralic *kurɜ + *-s (or *-s)
Noun
*kuras[1]
- knife
- Synonym: *väicci
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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*kuras
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*kuraksët
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accusative
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*kuraksën
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*kuraksët
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genitive
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*kuraksën
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*kurastën *kuraksidën
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partitive
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*kurasta
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*kuraksita
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inessive
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*kuraksëssa *kuraksëhna
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*kuraksissa *kuraksihna
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elative
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*kuraksësta
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*kuraksista
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illative
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*kuraksësën
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*kuraksisën
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adessive
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*kuraksëlla
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*kuraksilla
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ablative
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*kuraksëlta
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*kuraksilta
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allative
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*kuraksëlën *kuraksëlëk
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*kuraksilën *kuraksilëk
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essive
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*kurassa
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*kuraksina
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translative
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*kuraksëksi
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*kuraksiksi
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instructive
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*kuraksën
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*kuraksin
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comitative
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*kurassëk
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*kuraksinëk
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abessive
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*kuraksëtta
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*kuraksitta
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kuras”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- Entry #423 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kuras”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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