Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karja
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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
Likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz.
Noun edit
*karja
Inflection edit
Inflection of *karja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karja | *karjat | |
| accusative | *karjan | *karjat | |
| genitive | *karjan | *karjadën *karjoidën | |
| partitive | *karjada | *karjoida | |
| inessive | *karjassa *karjahna |
*karjoissa *karjoihna | |
| elative | *karjasta | *karjoista | |
| illative | *karjahën | *karjoihën | |
| adessive | *karjalla | *karjoilla | |
| ablative | *karjalta | *karjoilta | |
| allative | *karjalën *karjalëk |
*karjoilën *karjoilëk | |
| essive | *karjana | *karjoina | |
| translative | *karjaksi | *karjoiksi | |
| instructive | *karjan | *karjoin | |
| comitative | *karjanëk | *karjoinëk | |
| abessive | *karjatta | *karjoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kari
- Finnish: karja
- Ingrian: karja
- Karelian: karja
- Livonian:
- Livvi: karju
- Ludian: karď
- Veps: kard
- Võro: kari
- Votic: karjõ
Further reading edit
- “kari”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012