Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajaga
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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
*vaja- + *-ga. From the same root as *vajot'ak (cf. Finnish vajota).
Adverb
*vajaga[1]
Adjective
*vajaga[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vajaga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vajaga | *vajagat | |
| accusative | *vajagan | *vajagat | |
| genitive | *vajagan | *vajagadën *vajagoidën | |
| partitive | *vajagata | *vajagoita | |
| inessive | *vajagassa *vajagahna |
*vajagoissa *vajagoihna | |
| elative | *vajagasta | *vajagoista | |
| illative | *vajagasën | *vajagoisën | |
| adessive | *vajagalla | *vajagoilla | |
| ablative | *vajagalta | *vajagoilta | |
| allative | *vajagalën *vajagalëk |
*vajagoilën *vajagoilëk | |
| essive | *vajagana | *vajagoina | |
| translative | *vajagaksi | *vajagoiksi | |
| instructive | *vajagan | *vajagoin | |
| comitative | *vajaganëk | *vajagoinëk | |
| abessive | *vajagatta | *vajagoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vaja
- Finnish: vajaa
- Ingrian: vaijaa
- Karelian: vajoa
- Livonian: vajāg
- Livvi: vajai
- Ludian: vajag
- Veps: vajag
- Võro: vajja, vaia
- Votic: vajja, vajagõ
References
Further reading
- “vaja”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012