Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kukka
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian kukas, kukmedis).
Noun
edit*kukka
Inflection
editInflection of *kukka
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 | *kukka | *kuk'at | |
accusative | *kuk'an | *kuk'at | |
genitive | *kuk'an | *kukkadën *kukkëidën | |
partitive | *kukkada | *kukkëida | |
inessive | *kuk'assa *kuk'ahna |
*kuk'ëissa *kuk'ëihna | |
elative | *kuk'asta | *kuk'ëista | |
illative | *kukkahën | *kukkëihën | |
adessive | *kuk'alla | *kuk'ëilla | |
ablative | *kuk'alta | *kuk'ëilta | |
allative | *kukkalën *kukkalëk |
*kukkëilën *kukkëilëk | |
essive | *kukkana | *kukkëina | |
translative | *kuk'aksi | *kuk'ëiksi | |
instructive | *kuk'an | *kuk'ëin | |
comitative | *kukkanëk | *kukkëinëk | |
abessive | *kuk'atta | *kuk'ëitta |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: kukka
- Ingrian: kukka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kukku
- Võro: kukk (“conifer cone”)
- Votic: kukkõ, (Lempola) kukaz
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kukka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN