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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *kowse, possibly with monophthongization *ow > *ou > *uu.
Noun
*kuusi[1]
- spruce
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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*kuusi
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*kuusët
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accusative
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*kuusën
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*kuusët
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genitive
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*kuusën
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*kuustën *kuusidën
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partitive
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*kuusta
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*kuusida
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inessive
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*kuusëssa *kuusëhna
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*kuusissa *kuusihna
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elative
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*kuusësta
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*kuusista
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illative
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*kuusëhën
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*kuusihën
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adessive
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*kuusëlla
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*kuusilla
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ablative
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*kuusëlta
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*kuusilta
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allative
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*kuusëlën *kuusëlëk
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*kuusilën *kuusilëk
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essive
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*kuussa
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*kuusina
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translative
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*kuusëksi
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*kuusiksi
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instructive
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*kuusën
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*kuusin
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comitative
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*kuussëk
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*kuusinëk
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abessive
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*kuusëtta
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*kuusitta
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kuusi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)