Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/upa
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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
Unknown. Borrowing from Proto-Baltic *pupā (whence Latvian pupa, Lithuanian pupa) is uncertain due to the missing beginning consonant.[1]
Noun
*upa
Inflection
Inflection of *upa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *upa | *ubat | |
| accusative | *uban | *ubat | |
| genitive | *uban | *upadën *upëidën | |
| partitive | *upada | *upëida | |
| inessive | *ubassa *ubahna |
*ubëissa *ubëihna | |
| elative | *ubasta | *ubëista | |
| illative | *upahën | *upëihën | |
| adessive | *uballa | *ubëilla | |
| ablative | *ubalta | *ubëilta | |
| allative | *upalën *upalëk |
*upëilën *upëilëk | |
| essive | *upana | *upëina | |
| translative | *ubaksi | *ubëiksi | |
| instructive | *uban | *ubëin | |
| comitative | *upanëk | *upëinëk | |
| abessive | *ubatta | *ubëitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “uba”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri: Lähtökielen sanansisäisten soinnittomien klusiilien edustus kantasuomen balttilaislainoissa:Osa I. Edustus kohdekielen lyhyen vokaalin jäljessä SUSA 96 (2017)