Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kavala
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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
Unknown. Compare *kamala, *katala.
Adjective edit
*kavala
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kavala
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kavala | *kavalat | |
| accusative | *kavalan | *kavalat | |
| genitive | *kavalan | *kavaladën *kavaloidën | |
| partitive | *kavalata | *kavaloita | |
| inessive | *kavalassa *kavalahna |
*kavaloissa *kavaloihna | |
| elative | *kavalasta | *kavaloista | |
| illative | *kavalasën | *kavaloisën | |
| adessive | *kavalalla | *kavaloilla | |
| ablative | *kavalalta | *kavaloilta | |
| allative | *kavalalën *kavalalëk |
*kavaloilën *kavaloilëk | |
| essive | *kavalana | *kavaloina | |
| translative | *kavalaksi | *kavaloiksi | |
| instructive | *kavalan | *kavaloin | |
| comitative | *kavalanëk | *kavaloinëk | |
| abessive | *kavalatta | *kavaloitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kaval
- Finnish: kavala
- Ingrian: kavala
- Karelian: kavala
- Livonian: kovāl
- Võro: kavval'
- Votic: kavalõ
Further reading edit
- “kaval”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012