Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/majaga
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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 *maja + *-ga. Akin to Proto-Mordvinic *mija- and Proto-Permic *moj.
Noun
[edit]*majaga[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *majaga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *majaga | *majagat | |
| accusative | *majagan | *majagat | |
| genitive | *majagan | *majagadën *majagoidën | |
| partitive | *majagata | *majagoita | |
| inessive | *majagassa *majagahna |
*majagoissa *majagoihna | |
| elative | *majagasta | *majagoista | |
| illative | *majagasën | *majagoisën | |
| adessive | *majagalla | *majagoilla | |
| ablative | *majagalta | *majagoilta | |
| allative | *majagalën *majagalëk |
*majagoilën *majagoilëk | |
| essive | *majagana | *majagoina | |
| translative | *majagaksi | *majagoiksi | |
| instructive | *majagan | *majagoin | |
| comitative | *majaganëk | *majagoinëk | |
| abessive | *majagatta | *majagoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: majava, (dialectal) majaa
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: majua
- Livvi: majai
- Ludian: majai
- Veps: majag
- Võro: majjai, maiai, majaja, majajas
- → Proto-Samic: *mājēkē (see there for further descendants)