Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakja
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *wagjaz, or Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian vadzis, Lithuanian vagis).
Noun
[edit]*vakja[1]
Declension
[edit]Inflection of *vakja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vakja | *vakjat | |
accusative | *vakjan | *vakjat | |
genitive | *vakjan | *vakjadën *vakjoidën | |
partitive | *vakjada | *vakjoida | |
inessive | *vakjassa *vakjahna |
*vakjoissa *vakjoihna | |
elative | *vakjasta | *vakjoista | |
illative | *vakjahën | *vakjoihën | |
adessive | *vakjalla | *vakjoilla | |
ablative | *vakjalta | *vakjoilta | |
allative | *vakjalën *vakjalëk |
*vakjoilën *vakjoilëk | |
essive | *vakjana | *vakjoina | |
translative | *vakjaksi | *vakjoiksi | |
instructive | *vakjan | *vakjoin | |
comitative | *vakjanëk | *vakjoinëk | |
abessive | *vakjatta | *vakjoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vai
- Finnish: vaaja
- Ingrian: vaakia
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vaigā
- Võro: vag'a, vagja
- Votic: vadʹdʹõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vai”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012