Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kura
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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 1 edit
From Proto-Uralic *kura (“bent, crooked”) [1].
Adjective edit
*kura
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kura
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kura | *kurat | |
| accusative | *kuran | *kurat | |
| genitive | *kuran | *kuradën *kurëidën | |
| partitive | *kurada | *kurëida | |
| inessive | *kurassa *kurahna |
*kurëissa *kurëihna | |
| elative | *kurasta | *kurëista | |
| illative | *kurahën | *kurëihën | |
| adessive | *kuralla | *kurëilla | |
| ablative | *kuralta | *kurëilta | |
| allative | *kuralën *kuralëk |
*kurëilën *kurëilëk | |
| essive | *kurana | *kurëina | |
| translative | *kuraksi | *kurëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuran | *kurëin | |
| comitative | *kuranëk | *kurëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuratta | *kurëitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: (dialectal) kura
- Finnish: (dialectal) kura
- Ingrian: kura
- Livonian: kurā
- Võro: kura
- Votic: kura
- → Northern Sami: gurut
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gurą, or from Proto-Uralic *kura (“dirt, mud”).
Noun edit
*kura
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kura
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kura | *kurat | |
| accusative | *kuran | *kurat | |
| genitive | *kuran | *kuradën *kurëidën | |
| partitive | *kurada | *kurëida | |
| inessive | *kurassa *kurahna |
*kurëissa *kurëihna | |
| elative | *kurasta | *kurëista | |
| illative | *kurahën | *kurëihën | |
| adessive | *kuralla | *kurëilla | |
| ablative | *kuralta | *kurëilta | |
| allative | *kuralën *kuralëk |
*kurëilën *kurëilëk | |
| essive | *kurana | *kurëina | |
| translative | *kuraksi | *kurëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuran | *kurëin | |
| comitative | *kuranëk | *kurëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuratta | *kurëitta | |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “kura”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012