Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/paija
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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]Uncertain. Compare also Latvian paija and dialectal Russian пай (paj, “kind, nice”).
Adjective
[edit]*paija[1]
Noun
[edit]*paija
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *paija
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *paija | *paijat | |
| accusative | *paijan | *paijat | |
| genitive | *paijan | *paijadën *paijoidën | |
| partitive | *paijada | *paijoida | |
| inessive | *paijassa *paijahna |
*paijoissa *paijoihna | |
| elative | *paijasta | *paijoista | |
| illative | *paijahën | *paijoihën | |
| adessive | *paijalla | *paijoilla | |
| ablative | *paijalta | *paijoilta | |
| allative | *paijalën *paijalëk |
*paijoilën *paijoilëk | |
| essive | *paijana | *paijoina | |
| translative | *paijaksi | *paijoiksi | |
| instructive | *paijan | *paijoin | |
| comitative | *paijanëk | *paijoinëk | |
| abessive | *paijatta | *paijoitta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pai”, 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), “paija”, 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