Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/api
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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. Possibly a loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hawas (continued by Sanskrit अवस् (avas)) or from Proto-Germanic *awī (continued by 𐌰𐍅𐌹- in Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (awiliuþ)).
Alternative forms edit
- *apu (northern, eastern)
Noun edit
*api
- (central, southern) help, aid, assistance
Inflection edit
Inflection of *api
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *api | *abit | |
| accusative | *abin | *abit | |
| genitive | *abin | *apidën *apëjidën | |
| partitive | *apida | *apëjita | |
| inessive | *abissa *abihna |
*apëjissa *apëjihna | |
| elative | *abista | *apëjista | |
| illative | *apihën | *apëjisën | |
| adessive | *abilla | *apëjilla | |
| ablative | *abilta | *apëjilta | |
| allative | *apilën *apilëk |
*apëjilën *apëjilëk | |
| essive | *apina | *apëjina | |
| translative | *abiksi | *apëjiksi | |
| instructive | *abin | *apëjin | |
| comitative | *apinëk | *apëjinëk | |
| abessive | *abitta | *apëjitta | |