Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rapa
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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 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.
Noun
*rapa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rapa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rapa | *rabat | |
| accusative | *raban | *rabat | |
| genitive | *raban | *rapadën *rapoidën | |
| partitive | *rapada | *rapoida | |
| inessive | *rabassa *rabahna |
*raboissa *raboihna | |
| elative | *rabasta | *raboista | |
| illative | *rapahën | *rapoihën | |
| adessive | *raballa | *raboilla | |
| ablative | *rabalta | *raboilta | |
| allative | *rapalën *rapalëk |
*rapoilën *rapoilëk | |
| essive | *rapana | *rapoina | |
| translative | *rabaksi | *raboiksi | |
| instructive | *raban | *raboin | |
| comitative | *rapanëk | *rapoinëk | |
| abessive | *rabatta | *raboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: raba
- Finnish: rapa
- Ingrian: rapa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: rabād pl
- Livvi: raba
- Ludian: raba
- Veps: raba
- Votic: ravad
References
Further reading
- “raba”, 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
Etymology 2
Probably of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare Finnish rapista (“to patter, rustle; to crumble”)).
Noun
*rapa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rapa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rapa | *rabat | |
| accusative | *raban | *rabat | |
| genitive | *raban | *rapadën *rapoidën | |
| partitive | *rapada | *rapoida | |
| inessive | *rabassa *rabahna |
*raboissa *raboihna | |
| elative | *rabasta | *raboista | |
| illative | *rapahën | *rapoihën | |
| adessive | *raballa | *raboilla | |
| ablative | *rabalta | *raboilta | |
| allative | *rapalën *rapalëk |
*rapoilën *rapoilëk | |
| essive | *rapana | *rapoina | |
| translative | *rabaksi | *raboiksi | |
| instructive | *raban | *raboin | |
| comitative | *rapanëk | *rapoinëk | |
| abessive | *rabatta | *raboitta | |
Derived terms
- *rapëda (“crumbly”)
Descendants
- Estonian: raba
- Finnish: rapa
- ⇒ Ingrian: rapakivi (+ *kivi)
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: raba
- Livonian: rabā
- ⇒ Votic: rapatšivi (+ *kivi)
References
Further reading
- 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