Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karva
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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
From earlier *kawra, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian gauras (“hair, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”)).
Noun edit
*karva
Inflection edit
Inflection of *karva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karva | *karvat | |
| accusative | *karvan | *karvat | |
| genitive | *karvan | *karvadën *karvoidën | |
| partitive | *karvada | *karvoida | |
| inessive | *karvassa *karvahna |
*karvoissa *karvoihna | |
| elative | *karvasta | *karvoista | |
| illative | *karvahën | *karvoihën | |
| adessive | *karvalla | *karvoilla | |
| ablative | *karvalta | *karvoilta | |
| allative | *karvalën *karvalëk |
*karvoilën *karvoilëk | |
| essive | *karvana | *karvoina | |
| translative | *karvaksi | *karvoiksi | |
| instructive | *karvan | *karvoin | |
| comitative | *karvanëk | *karvoinëk | |
| abessive | *karvatta | *karvoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: karv
- Finnish: karva
- Ingrian: karva
- Karelian:
- Livonian:
- Livvi: karvu
- Ludian: karv
- Veps: karv
- Võro: karv
- Votic: karvõ
Further reading edit
- “karv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012