Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karva
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *kawra, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian gauras (“hair, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”)).
Noun
edit*karva
Inflection
editInflection 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 | ||
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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