Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/launi
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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]Cognate with Proto-Samic *luovnë, further origin unknown.
Noun
[edit]*launi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *launi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *launi | *launit | |
| accusative | *launin | *launit | |
| genitive | *launin | *launidën *launëjidën | |
| partitive | *launida | *launëjita | |
| inessive | *launissa *launihna |
*launëjissa *launëjihna | |
| elative | *launista | *launëjista | |
| illative | *launihën | *launëjisën | |
| adessive | *launilla | *launëjilla | |
| ablative | *launilta | *launëjilta | |
| allative | *launilën *launilëk |
*launëjilën *launëjilëk | |
| essive | *launina | *launëjina | |
| translative | *launiksi | *launëjiksi | |
| instructive | *launin | *launëjin | |
| comitative | *launinëk | *launëjinëk | |
| abessive | *launitta | *launëjitta | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “launi”, 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