Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nilpa
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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
*nilpa[1]
Noun
*nilpa
Inflection
Inflection of *nilpa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nilpa | *nilbat | |
| accusative | *nilban | *nilbat | |
| genitive | *nilban | *nilpadën *nilpoidën | |
| partitive | *nilpada | *nilpoida | |
| inessive | *nilbassa *nilbahna |
*nilboissa *nilboihna | |
| elative | *nilbasta | *nilboista | |
| illative | *nilpahën | *nilpoihën | |
| adessive | *nilballa | *nilboilla | |
| ablative | *nilbalta | *nilboilta | |
| allative | *nilpalën *nilpalëk |
*nilpoilën *nilpoilëk | |
| essive | *nilpana | *nilpoina | |
| translative | *nilbaksi | *nilboiksi | |
| instructive | *nilban | *nilboin | |
| comitative | *nilpanëk | *nilpoinëk | |
| abessive | *nilbatta | *nilboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) nilb, nilv
- Finnish: (dialectal) nilpa, nilva, ⇒ nilviäinen
- Karelian: ⇒
- South Karelian: nilpakka
- Livonian: nīlba
- Livvi: ⇒ nilpakko
From *nilpe-:
References
Further reading
- “nilbe”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012