Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuka
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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]Probably sound-symbolic.
Noun
[edit]*nuka
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *nuka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nuka | *nugat | |
| accusative | *nugan | *nugat | |
| genitive | *nugan | *nukadën *nukëidën | |
| partitive | *nukada | *nukëida | |
| inessive | *nugassa *nugahna |
*nugëissa *nugëihna | |
| elative | *nugasta | *nugëista | |
| illative | *nukahën | *nukëihën | |
| adessive | *nugalla | *nugëilla | |
| ablative | *nugalta | *nugëilta | |
| allative | *nukalën *nukalëk |
*nukëilën *nukëilëk | |
| essive | *nukana | *nukëina | |
| translative | *nugaksi | *nugëiksi | |
| instructive | *nugan | *nugëin | |
| comitative | *nukanëk | *nukëinëk | |
| abessive | *nugatta | *nugëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]From *nuka:
From *nükä: ("small and/or blunt knife")
Further reading
[edit]- “nuga”, 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), “nykä”, 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