Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turpa

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Permic *turpa.

Noun

*turpa

1. muzzle (part of animal's head)

Inflection

Inflection of *turpa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*turpa	*turbat
accusative		*turban	*turbat
genitive		*turban	*turpadën *turpëidën
partitive		*turpada	*turpëida
inessive		*turbassa *turbahna	*turbëissa *turbëihna
elative		*turbasta	*turbëista
illative		*turpahën	*turpëihën
adessive		*turballa	*turbëilla
ablative		*turbalta	*turbëilta
allative		*turpalën *turpalëk	*turpëilën *turpëilëk
essive		*turpana	*turpëina
translative		*turbaksi	*turbëiksi
instructive		*turban	*turbëin
comitative		*turpanëk	*turpëinëk
abessive		*turbatta	*turbëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: turpa
  • →? Northern Sami: [Term?] (ᴛu̮rᵘ̮ᴘᴘᴱ̬) (dialectal)
  • →? Inari Sami: turbe
  • →? Skolt Sami: tuʹrbb
  • →? Kildin Sami: туррьп (turr’p)
  • →? Ter Sami: [script needed] (turpä)
• Karelian:

  North Karelian: turpa

  South Karelian: turba

• Livvi: turbu
• Ludian: turb
• Veps: turb

Etymology 2

Possibly from the same root as Etymology 1.

Noun

*turpa

1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)

Inflection

Inflection of *turpa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*turpa	*turbat
accusative		*turban	*turbat
genitive		*turban	*turpadën *turpëidën
partitive		*turpada	*turpëida
inessive		*turbassa *turbahna	*turbëissa *turbëihna
elative		*turbasta	*turbëista
illative		*turpahën	*turpëihën
adessive		*turballa	*turbëilla
ablative		*turbalta	*turbëilta
allative		*turpalën *turpalëk	*turpëilën *turpëilëk
essive		*turpana	*turpëina
translative		*turbaksi	*turbëiksi
instructive		*turban	*turbëin
comitative		*turpanëk	*turpëinëk
abessive		*turbatta	*turbëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: turb
• Finnish: turpa
• ⇒ Ingrian: turpikka
• Livonian: dūrba (“zope; Ballerus ballerus”), tūrba
• Võro: turd
• ⇒ Votic: turpõkkõ

Further reading

• “turb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.