Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tomu
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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
Noun
*tomu
Inflection
Inflection of *tomu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tomu | *tomut | |
| accusative | *tomun | *tomut | |
| genitive | *tomun | *tomudën *tomuidën | |
| partitive | *tomuda | *tomuida | |
| inessive | *tomussa *tomuhna |
*tomuissa *tomuihna | |
| elative | *tomusta | *tomuista | |
| illative | *tomuhën | *tomuihën | |
| adessive | *tomulla | *tomuilla | |
| ablative | *tomulta | *tomuilta | |
| allative | *tomulën *tomulëk |
*tomuilën *tomuilëk | |
| essive | *tomuna | *tomuina | |
| translative | *tomuksi | *tomuiksi | |
| instructive | *tomun | *tomuin | |
| comitative | *tomunëk | *tomuinëk | |
| abessive | *tomutta | *tomuitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “tomu”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012