Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kumara

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

Etymology

Possibly from the same root as *kuma- +‎ *-ra. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*kumara

1. hunched
2. curved

Inflection

Inflection of *kumara

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*kumara	*kumarat
accusative		*kumaran	*kumarat
genitive		*kumaran	*kumaradën *kumaroidën
partitive		*kumarata	*kumaroita
inessive		*kumarassa *kumarahna	*kumaroissa *kumaroihna
elative		*kumarasta	*kumaroista
illative		*kumarasën	*kumaroisën
adessive		*kumaralla	*kumaroilla
ablative		*kumaralta	*kumaroilta
allative		*kumaralën *kumaralëk	*kumaroilën *kumaroilëk
essive		*kumarana	*kumaroina
translative		*kumaraksi	*kumaroiksi
instructive		*kumaran	*kumaroin
comitative		*kumaranëk	*kumaroinëk
abessive		*kumaratta	*kumaroitta

Derived terms

• *kumartadak

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) kumar, kummar
• Finnish: kumara

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kumara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN