Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupu

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

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly related to Northern Sami skohpalas (“blister”), or possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ.

Noun

*kupu

1. crop, craw (part of birds' digestive tract)

Inflection

Inflection of *kupu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kupu	*kubut
accusative		*kubun	*kubut
genitive		*kubun	*kupudën *kupuidën
partitive		*kupuda	*kupuida
inessive		*kubussa *kubuhna	*kubuissa *kubuihna
elative		*kubusta	*kubuista
illative		*kupuhën	*kupuihën
adessive		*kubulla	*kubuilla
ablative		*kubulta	*kubuilta
allative		*kupulën *kupulëk	*kupuilën *kupuilëk
essive		*kupuna	*kupuina
translative		*kubuksi	*kubuiksi
instructive		*kubun	*kubuin
comitative		*kupunëk	*kupuinëk
abessive		*kubutta	*kubuitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) kubu
• Finnish: kupu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kupu
  • South Karelian: kubu
• Livvi: kubu
• Ludian: kubu
• Veps: kubu
• Võro: kubo

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kupu”, 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