Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kooppa
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from the same Baltic root as Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”), but this requires a long vowel in the original Baltic root as opposed to a short one.
Noun
[edit]*kooppa[1]
- pit (hole on the ground)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kooppa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kooppa | *koop'at | |
accusative | *koop'an | *koop'at | |
genitive | *koop'an | *kooppadën *kooppëidën | |
partitive | *kooppada | *kooppëida | |
inessive | *koop'assa *koop'ahna |
*koop'ëissa *koop'ëihna | |
elative | *koop'asta | *koop'ëista | |
illative | *kooppahën | *kooppëihën | |
adessive | *koop'alla | *koop'ëilla | |
ablative | *koop'alta | *koop'ëilta | |
allative | *kooppalën *kooppalëk |
*kooppëilën *kooppëilëk | |
essive | *kooppana | *kooppëina | |
translative | *koop'aksi | *koop'ëiksi | |
instructive | *koop'an | *koop'ëin | |
comitative | *kooppanëk | *kooppëinëk | |
abessive | *koop'atta | *koop'ëitta |
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Estonian: koobas, (dialectal) koop
- Finnish: kuoppa
- Ingrian: kooppa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kuoppu
- Ludian: kuop
- Veps: kop
- Võro: kuup
- Votic: kooppõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “koobas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012