Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kalki
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Proto-Samic *kuolkë (“hair”), Erzya калго (kalgo), Moksha калга (kalga) (both "culm of a fibrous plant"). A common root *këlke could be reconstructed.
Noun
[edit]*kalki[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kalki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kalki | *kalgët | |
| accusative | *kalgën | *kalgët | |
| genitive | *kalgën | *kalkëdën *kalkidën | |
| partitive | *kalkëda | *kalkida | |
| inessive | *kalgëssa *kalgëhna |
*kalgissa *kalgihna | |
| elative | *kalgësta | *kalgista | |
| illative | *kalkëhën | *kalkihën | |
| adessive | *kalgëlla | *kalgilla | |
| ablative | *kalgëlta | *kalgilta | |
| allative | *kalkëlën *kalkëlëk |
*kalkilën *kalkilëk | |
| essive | *kalkëna | *kalkina | |
| translative | *kalgëksi | *kalgiksi | |
| instructive | *kalgën | *kalgin | |
| comitative | *kalkënëk | *kalkinëk | |
| abessive | *kalgëtta | *kalgitta | |
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (Tavastian dialects) kalki
References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN