Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lava
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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
From earlier *lawa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ (whence Latvian lāva, Lithuanian lova). Cognate with Proto-Samic *luovē.
Noun edit
*lava[1]
Inflection edit
Inflection of *lava
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lava | *lavat | |
| accusative | *lavan | *lavat | |
| genitive | *lavan | *lavadën *lavoidën | |
| partitive | *lavada | *lavoida | |
| inessive | *lavassa *lavahna |
*lavoissa *lavoihna | |
| elative | *lavasta | *lavoista | |
| illative | *lavahën | *lavoihën | |
| adessive | *lavalla | *lavoilla | |
| ablative | *lavalta | *lavoilta | |
| allative | *lavalën *lavalëk |
*lavoilën *lavoilëk | |
| essive | *lavana | *lavoina | |
| translative | *lavaksi | *lavoiksi | |
| instructive | *lavan | *lavoin | |
| comitative | *lavanëk | *lavoinëk | |
| abessive | *lavatta | *lavoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: lava
- Finnish: lava
- Ingrian: lava
- Karelian:
- Livonian: lovā
- Livvi: lava
- Ludian: lava
- Veps: lava
- Võro: lava
- Votic: lava
References edit
Further reading edit
- “lava”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012