Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uinudak
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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
Unclear. Occasionally compared with Eastern Mansi (ajəw-), but this is highly dubious for phonetic reasons. The similarity to *uni is striking, but there is no regular derivational process that could explain *uni (*une-) → *uinu-.
Verb
*uinudak (stem *uinu-)
- to fall asleep
- to sleep
Inflection
Inflection of *uinudak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *uinun | *uinuin | — | *uinugon |
| 2nd sing. | *uinut | *uinuit | *uinuk | *uinugos |
| 3rd sing. | *uinubi *uinu |
*uinui | *uinugasën | *uinugosën |
| 1st plur. | *uinukmëk *uinukmak |
*uinuimëk *uinuimak |
*uinugatëmëk *uinugatamak |
*uinugotëmëk *uinugotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *uinuktëk *uinuktak |
*uinuidëk *uinuidak |
*uinugatë *uinugata |
*uinugot'ëk *uinugotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *uinubat *uinu |
*uinui | *uinugasën | *uinugosën |
| passive | *uinuksën *uinut'aksën |
*uinudisën *uinuttisën |
*uinudakahën *uinuttakahën |
*uinudakohën *uinuttakohën |
| connegative | *uinuk | — | *uinugak | *uinugok |
| passive connegative | *uinuktak | — | *uinudagak *uinuttagak |
*uinudagok *uinuttagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *uinukcin | *uinuicin | *uinunën | |
| 2nd sing. | *uinukcit | *uinuicit | *uinunët | |
| 3rd sing. | *uinukci | *uinuici | *uinuni | |
| 1st plur. | *uinukcimëk *uinukcimak |
*uinuicimëk *uinuicimak |
*uinunëmëk *uinunëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *uinukcidëk *uinukcidak |
*uinuicidëk *uinuicidak |
*uinunëdëk *uinunëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *uinukci | *uinuici | *uinuni | |
| passive | *uinudakcihën *uinut'akcihën |
*uinudicihën *uinutticihën |
*uinudanëhën *uinuttanëhën | |
| connegative | *uinukcik | *uinuicik | *uinunëk | |
| passive connegative | *uinudakcik *uinut'akcik |
*uinudicik *uinutticik |
*uinudanëk *uinuttanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *uinudak | present | *uinuba | *uinudapa *uinuttapa |
| infinitive 2 | *uinudë- | past | *uinunut | *uinudu *uinuttu |
| gerund/supine | *uinuma | |||
| action noun | *uinuminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: uinuma/uinuda
- Finnish: uinua
- Karelian: uinuo, uinota
- Livonian: i’nnõ
- ⇒ Livvi: uinota
- ⇒ Ludian: uinota
- ⇒ Veps: uinota
- Võro: uinuma/uinudaq
- Votic: (Jõgõperä) uinoa
Further reading
- “uinuma”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012