Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maku
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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]*mak- + *-u; derived from the same root as *makëda.
Noun
[edit]*maku
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *maku
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maku | *magut | |
| accusative | *magun | *magut | |
| genitive | *magun | *makudën *makuidën | |
| partitive | *makuda | *makuida | |
| inessive | *magussa *maguhna |
*maguissa *maguihna | |
| elative | *magusta | *maguista | |
| illative | *makuhën | *makuihën | |
| adessive | *magulla | *maguilla | |
| ablative | *magulta | *maguilta | |
| allative | *makulën *makulëk |
*makuilën *makuilëk | |
| essive | *makuna | *makuina | |
| translative | *maguksi | *maguiksi | |
| instructive | *magun | *maguin | |
| comitative | *makunëk | *makuinëk | |
| abessive | *magutta | *maguitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (archaic) magu, magus
- Finnish: maku
- Ingrian: maku
- Karelian: maku, magu
- Livonian: ma’g
- Livvi: magu
- Ludian: magu
- Veps: magu
- Võro: magu
- Votic: maku
Further reading
[edit]- “magu”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012