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Proto-Finnic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ora. Cognates include Proto-Samic *oarēvē. The nature of the third syllable *-ba is unclear.
Noun
*oraba
- squirrel
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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*oraba
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*orabat
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accusative
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*oraban
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*orabat
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genitive
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*oraban
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*orabadën *oraboidën
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partitive
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*orabata
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*oraboita
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inessive
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*orabassa *orabahna
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*oraboissa *oraboihna
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elative
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*orabasta
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*oraboista
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illative
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*orabasën
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*oraboisën
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adessive
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*oraballa
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*oraboilla
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ablative
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*orabalta
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*oraboilta
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allative
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*orabalën *orabalëk
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*oraboilën *oraboilëk
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essive
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*orabana
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*oraboina
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translative
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*orabaksi
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*oraboiksi
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instructive
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*oraban
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*oraboin
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comitative
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*orabanëk
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*oraboinëk
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abessive
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*orabatta
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*oraboitta
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Descendants
References
- “orav”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), 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
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*orava”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)