Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kura
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *kura (“bent, crooked”) [1].
Adjective
[edit]*kura[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kura
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kura | *kurat | |
accusative | *kuran | *kurat | |
genitive | *kuran | *kuradën *kurëidën | |
partitive | *kurada | *kurëida | |
inessive | *kurassa *kurahna |
*kurëissa *kurëihna | |
elative | *kurasta | *kurëista | |
illative | *kurahën | *kurëihën | |
adessive | *kuralla | *kurëilla | |
ablative | *kuralta | *kurëilta | |
allative | *kuralën *kuralëk |
*kurëilën *kurëilëk | |
essive | *kurana | *kurëina | |
translative | *kuraksi | *kurëiksi | |
instructive | *kuran | *kurëin | |
comitative | *kuranëk | *kurëinëk | |
abessive | *kuratta | *kurëitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) kura
- Finnish: (dialectal) kura
- Ingrian: kura
- Livonian: kurā
- Võro: kura
- Votic: kura
- → Northern Sami: gurut
References
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gurą, or from Proto-Uralic *kura (“dirt, mud”).
Noun
[edit]*kura[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kura
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *kura | *kurat | |
accusative | *kuran | *kurat | |
genitive | *kuran | *kuradën *kurëidën | |
partitive | *kurada | *kurëida | |
inessive | *kurassa *kurahna |
*kurëissa *kurëihna | |
elative | *kurasta | *kurëista | |
illative | *kurahën | *kurëihën | |
adessive | *kuralla | *kurëilla | |
ablative | *kuralta | *kurëilta | |
allative | *kuralën *kuralëk |
*kurëilën *kurëilëk | |
essive | *kurana | *kurëina | |
translative | *kuraksi | *kurëiksi | |
instructive | *kuran | *kurëin | |
comitative | *kuranëk | *kurëinëk | |
abessive | *kuratta | *kurëitta |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kura”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012