Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oma
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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
Possibly from a root *o- (whence *oldak) + *-ma.
Adjective edit
*oma
Inflection edit
Inflection of *oma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oma | *omat | |
| accusative | *oman | *omat | |
| genitive | *oman | *omadën *omëidën | |
| partitive | *omada | *omëida | |
| inessive | *omassa *omahna |
*omëissa *omëihna | |
| elative | *omasta | *omëista | |
| illative | *omahën | *omëihën | |
| adessive | *omalla | *omëilla | |
| ablative | *omalta | *omëilta | |
| allative | *omalën *omalëk |
*omëilën *omëilëk | |
| essive | *omana | *omëina | |
| translative | *omaksi | *omëiksi | |
| instructive | *oman | *omëin | |
| comitative | *omanëk | *omëinëk | |
| abessive | *omatta | *omëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: oma
- Finnish: oma
- Ingrian: oma
- Karelian: oma
- Livonian: umm
- Livvi: oma
- Ludian: oma
- Võro: uma
- Votic: õma
Further reading edit
- “oma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012