Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mahi
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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]From Proto-Finno-Permic *makša + *-i.
Noun
[edit]*mahi[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mahi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mahi | *mahit | |
| accusative | *mahin | *mahit | |
| genitive | *mahin | *mahidën *mahëjidën | |
| partitive | *mahida | *mahëjita | |
| inessive | *mahissa *mahihna |
*mahëjissa *mahëjihna | |
| elative | *mahista | *mahëjista | |
| illative | *mahihën | *mahëjisën | |
| adessive | *mahilla | *mahëjilla | |
| ablative | *mahilta | *mahëjilta | |
| allative | *mahilën *mahilëk |
*mahëjilën *mahëjilëk | |
| essive | *mahina | *mahëjina | |
| translative | *mahiksi | *mahëjiksi | |
| instructive | *mahin | *mahëjin | |
| comitative | *mahinëk | *mahëjinëk | |
| abessive | *mahitta | *mahëjitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) mahi
- Finnish: (dialectal) mahi
- Ingrian: mahi
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: ⇒ mahie (“to rot”)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Entry #1402 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mahi”, 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