Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jama
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Probably a cognate with Proto-Samic *juomē, both probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas (whence Sanskrit यम (yama)). [1]
Noun edit
*jama
- joint (point where two things meet)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *jama
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *jama | *jamat | |
accusative | *jaman | *jamat | |
genitive | *jaman | *jamadën *jamoidën | |
partitive | *jamada | *jamoida | |
inessive | *jamassa *jamahna |
*jamoissa *jamoihna | |
elative | *jamasta | *jamoista | |
illative | *jamahën | *jamoihën | |
adessive | *jamalla | *jamoilla | |
ablative | *jamalta | *jamoilta | |
allative | *jamalën *jamalëk |
*jamoilën *jamoilëk | |
essive | *jamana | *jamoina | |
translative | *jamaksi | *jamoiksi | |
instructive | *jaman | *jamoin | |
comitative | *jamanëk | *jamoinëk | |
abessive | *jamatta | *jamoitta |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: jama (dialectal)
- Finnish: jama
- ⇒ Ingrian: jame
- Karelian: jama
- Võro: jama
- ⇒ Votic: jamo, jamauz
Further reading edit
- “jama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012