Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kukka
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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]Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian kukas, kukmedis).
Noun
[edit]*kukka[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *kukka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kukka | *kuk'at | |
| accusative | *kuk'an | *kuk'at | |
| genitive | *kuk'an | *kukkadën *kukkëidën | |
| partitive | *kukkada | *kukkëida | |
| inessive | *kuk'assa *kuk'ahna |
*kuk'ëissa *kuk'ëihna | |
| elative | *kuk'asta | *kuk'ëista | |
| illative | *kukkahën | *kukkëihën | |
| adessive | *kuk'alla | *kuk'ëilla | |
| ablative | *kuk'alta | *kuk'ëilta | |
| allative | *kukkalën *kukkalëk |
*kukkëilën *kukkëilëk | |
| essive | *kukkana | *kukkëina | |
| translative | *kuk'aksi | *kuk'ëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuk'an | *kuk'ëin | |
| comitative | *kukkanëk | *kukkëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuk'atta | *kuk'ëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: kukka
- Ingrian: kukka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kukku
- Võro: kukk (“conifer cone”)
- Votic: kukkõ, (Lempola) kukaz
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kukka”, 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