Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/orpana
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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
Cognate with Proto-Samic *oarpēnē, probably from the same root *orpa- as *orpoi.
Noun
*orpana[1]
- cousin
- Synonym: *nëpada
- relative
- Synonym: *sukulainën
Inflection
Inflection of *orpana
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *orpana | *orpanat | |
| accusative | *orpanan | *orpanat | |
| genitive | *orpanan | *orpanadën *orpanoidën | |
| partitive | *orpanata | *orpanoita | |
| inessive | *orpanassa *orpanahna |
*orpanoissa *orpanoihna | |
| elative | *orpanasta | *orpanoista | |
| illative | *orpanasën | *orpanoisën | |
| adessive | *orpanalla | *orpanoilla | |
| ablative | *orpanalta | *orpanoilta | |
| allative | *orpanalën *orpanalëk |
*orpanoilën *orpanoilëk | |
| essive | *orpanana | *orpanoina | |
| translative | *orpanaksi | *orpanoiksi | |
| instructive | *orpanan | *orpanoin | |
| comitative | *orpananëk | *orpanoinëk | |
| abessive | *orpanatta | *orpanoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) orpana
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “orpana”, 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
- Entry #1462 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.