Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lappa
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lapā or *lapa (whence Latvian lapa, Lithuanian lapa, lapas).[1]
Noun
[edit]*lappa
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *lappa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lappa | *lap'at | |
| accusative | *lap'an | *lap'at | |
| genitive | *lap'an | *lappadën *lappoidën | |
| partitive | *lappada | *lappoida | |
| inessive | *lap'assa *lap'ahna |
*lap'oissa *lap'oihna | |
| elative | *lap'asta | *lap'oista | |
| illative | *lappahën | *lappoihën | |
| adessive | *lap'alla | *lap'oilla | |
| ablative | *lap'alta | *lap'oilta | |
| allative | *lappalën *lappalëk |
*lappoilën *lappoilëk | |
| essive | *lappana | *lappoina | |
| translative | *lap'aksi | *lap'oiksi | |
| instructive | *lap'an | *lap'oin | |
| comitative | *lappanëk | *lappoinëk | |
| abessive | *lap'atta | *lap'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: (dialectal) lappa
- Ingrian: lappa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lappu
- Ludian: lapp
- ⇒? Veps: lapak ("flat")
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lappa”, 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