Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/natta
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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]Unknown. Probably sound-symbolic. Alternatively, possibly related to Inari Sami njetti and Nganasan [script needed] (noudiʔ-).
Noun
[edit]*natta
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *natta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *natta | *nat'at | |
| accusative | *nat'an | *nat'at | |
| genitive | *nat'an | *nattadën *nattoidën | |
| partitive | *nattada | *nattoida | |
| inessive | *nat'assa *nat'ahna |
*nat'oissa *nat'oihna | |
| elative | *nat'asta | *nat'oista | |
| illative | *nattahën | *nattoihën | |
| adessive | *nat'alla | *nat'oilla | |
| ablative | *nat'alta | *nat'oilta | |
| allative | *nattalën *nattalëk |
*nattoilën *nattoilëk | |
| essive | *nattana | *nattoina | |
| translative | *nat'aksi | *nat'oiksi | |
| instructive | *nat'an | *nat'oin | |
| comitative | *nattanëk | *nattoinëk | |
| abessive | *nat'atta | *nat'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) natt
- Finnish: (dialectal) natta, naatta, näättä, nata
- Ingrian: natta
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: noatta
- Votic: nattõ
Further reading
[edit]- “natt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “natta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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