Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apaja

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, compare Old Norse efja. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopējē.

Noun

*apaja

1. small bay
2. fishing ground

Inflection

Inflection of *apaja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*apaja	*apajat
accusative		*apajan	*apajat
genitive		*apajan	*apajadën *apajoidën
partitive		*apajata	*apajoita
inessive		*apajassa *apajahna	*apajoissa *apajoihna
elative		*apajasta	*apajoista
illative		*apajasën	*apajoisën
adessive		*apajalla	*apajoilla
ablative		*apajalta	*apajoilta
allative		*apajalën *apajalëk	*apajoilën *apajoilëk
essive		*apajana	*apajoina
translative		*apajaksi	*apajoiksi
instructive		*apajan	*apajoin
comitative		*apajanëk	*apajoinëk
abessive		*apajatta	*apajoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: abajas
• Finnish: apaja
• Ingrian: apaja
• Karelian: apaja, abaja
• Livvi: abai
• Ludian: abai
• Veps: abai
• Votic: apajõ

Further reading

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