Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mala
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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 [Term?] (whence Latvian mala, Lithuanian mala).
Noun
[edit]*mala[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *mala
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mala | *malat | |
| accusative | *malan | *malat | |
| genitive | *malan | *maladën *maloidën | |
| partitive | *malada | *maloida | |
| inessive | *malassa *malahna |
*maloissa *maloihna | |
| elative | *malasta | *maloista | |
| illative | *malahën | *maloihën | |
| adessive | *malalla | *maloilla | |
| ablative | *malalta | *maloilta | |
| allative | *malalën *malalëk |
*maloilën *maloilëk | |
| essive | *malana | *maloina | |
| translative | *malaksi | *maloiksi | |
| instructive | *malan | *maloin | |
| comitative | *malanëk | *maloinëk | |
| abessive | *malatta | *maloitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (obsolete?) mala
From *malo:
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “malo”, 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