Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tunttaba
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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]The consonant-stem present passive participle of *tuntëdak, equivalent roughly to *tuntëdak + *-ttaba.
Adjective
[edit]*tunttaba
Noun
[edit]*tunttaba
- acquaintance (person)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *tunttaba
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tunttaba | *tunttabat | |
| accusative | *tunttaban | *tunttabat | |
| genitive | *tunttaban | *tunttabadën *tunttaboidën | |
| partitive | *tunttabata | *tunttaboita | |
| inessive | *tunttabassa *tunttabahna |
*tunttaboissa *tunttaboihna | |
| elative | *tunttabasta | *tunttaboista | |
| illative | *tunttabasën | *tunttaboisën | |
| adessive | *tunttaballa | *tunttaboilla | |
| ablative | *tunttabalta | *tunttaboilta | |
| allative | *tunttabalën *tunttabalëk |
*tunttaboilën *tunttaboilëk | |
| essive | *tunttabana | *tunttaboina | |
| translative | *tunttabaksi | *tunttaboiksi | |
| instructive | *tunttaban | *tunttaboin | |
| comitative | *tunttabanëk | *tunttaboinëk | |
| abessive | *tunttabatta | *tunttaboitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: tuttav
- Finnish: tuttava
- Ingrian: tuttava
- Karelian:
- Livonian: tundtõb
- Livvi: tuttavu, tuttav
- Ludian: tuttav, tuttab
- Veps: tutab
- Võro: tutva
- Votic: tuttõvõ
Further reading
[edit]- “tundma”, 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), “tuttava”, 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