Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurja

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

Probably related to *kura (“left”).

Adjective

*kurja

1. evil, bad
2. poor
3. miserable, wretched

Inflection

Inflection of *kurja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kurja	*kurjat
accusative		*kurjan	*kurjat
genitive		*kurjan	*kurjadën *kurjëidën
partitive		*kurjada	*kurjëida
inessive		*kurjassa *kurjahna	*kurjëissa *kurjëihna
elative		*kurjasta	*kurjëista
illative		*kurjahën	*kurjëihën
adessive		*kurjalla	*kurjëilla
ablative		*kurjalta	*kurjëilta
allative		*kurjalën *kurjalëk	*kurjëilën *kurjëilëk
essive		*kurjana	*kurjëina
translative		*kurjaksi	*kurjëiksi
instructive		*kurjan	*kurjëin
comitative		*kurjanëk	*kurjëinëk
abessive		*kurjatta	*kurjëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: kuri
• Finnish: kurja
• Ingrian: kurja
• Karelian: kurja
• Livonian:
  • Vidzeme Livonian: kure
  • ⇒ Livonian: kuŗē (Courland)
• Livvi: kurju
• ⇒ Ludian: kurd'aine
• Võro: kuri
• Votic: kurjõ

Further reading

• “kuri”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012