From Proto-Finnic *hutja, probably from the same onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic root as hutkia (“to whack”) and dialectal hutjua (“to swing, shake”).[1]
hutja (dialectal)
| Inflection of hutja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hutja | hutjat | |
| genitive | hutjan | hutjien | |
| partitive | hutjaa | hutjia | |
| illative | hutjaan | hutjiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hutja | hutjat | |
| accusative | nom. | hutja | hutjat |
| gen. | hutjan | ||
| genitive | hutjan | hutjien hutjain rare | |
| partitive | hutjaa | hutjia | |
| inessive | hutjassa | hutjissa | |
| elative | hutjasta | hutjista | |
| illative | hutjaan | hutjiin | |
| adessive | hutjalla | hutjilla | |
| ablative | hutjalta | hutjilta | |
| allative | hutjalle | hutjille | |
| essive | hutjana | hutjina | |
| translative | hutjaksi | hutjiksi | |
| abessive | hutjatta | hutjitta | |
| instructive | — | hutjin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *hutja. Cognates include dialectal Finnish hutja and Estonian hudi.
hutja
| Declension of hutja (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hutja | hutjat |
| genitive | hutjan | hutjiin |
| partitive | hutjaa | hutjia |
| illative | hutjaa | hutjii |
| inessive | hutjaas | hutjiis |
| elative | hutjast | hutjist |
| allative | hutjalle | hutjille |
| adessive | hutjaal | hutjiil |
| ablative | hutjalt | hutjilt |
| translative | hutjaks | hutjiks |
| essive | hutjanna, hutjaan | hutjinna, hutjiin |
| exessive1) | hutjant | hutjint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||