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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *oacē and Erzya ош (oš). The origin of the third syllable *-va is not clear.
Noun
*otava
- fishweir, salmon net
- Big Dipper
Inflection
Inflection of *otava
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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*otava
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*otavat
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accusative
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*otavan
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*otavat
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genitive
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*otavan
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*otavadën *otavoidën
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partitive
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*otavata
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*otavoita
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inessive
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*otavassa *otavahna
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*otavoissa *otavoihna
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elative
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*otavasta
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*otavoista
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illative
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*otavasën
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*otavoisën
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adessive
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*otavalla
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*otavoilla
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ablative
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*otavalta
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*otavoilta
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allative
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*otavalën *otavalëk
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*otavoilën *otavoilëk
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essive
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*otavana
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*otavoina
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translative
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*otavaksi
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*otavoiksi
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instructive
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*otavan
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*otavoin
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comitative
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*otavanëk
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*otavoinëk
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abessive
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*otavatta
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*otavoitta
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Descendants
From *otama:
Further reading
- “oda”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1155 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.