Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapalëh
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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]Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian gabals, Lithuanian gabalas).
Noun
[edit]*kapalëh[1]
- piece (part of a larger whole)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kapalëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kapalëh | *kapalëhët | |
| accusative | *kapalëhën | *kapalëhët | |
| genitive | *kapalëhën | *kapalëhtën *kapalëhidën | |
| partitive | *kapalëhta | *kapalëhida | |
| inessive | *kapalëhëssa *kapalëhëhna |
*kapalëhissa *kapalëhihna | |
| elative | *kapalëhësta | *kapalëhista | |
| illative | *kapalëhëhën | *kapalëhihën | |
| adessive | *kapalëhëlla | *kapalëhilla | |
| ablative | *kapalëhëlta | *kapalëhilta | |
| allative | *kapalëhëlën *kapalëhëlëk |
*kapalëhilën *kapalëhilëk | |
| essive | *kapalëhëna | *kapalëhina | |
| translative | *kapalëhëksi | *kapalëhiksi | |
| instructive | *kapalëhën | *kapalëhin | |
| comitative | *kapalëhënëk | *kapalëhinëk | |
| abessive | *kapalëhëtta | *kapalëhitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) kabal
- Finnish: kappale, (dialectal) kapale
- Ingrian: kapale
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kapaleh
- Livonian: kabāl
- Votic: kappõlõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kappale”, in 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