Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lama

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lamaz

Adjective

*lama

1. feeble, weak
2. lodged, flattened

Inflection

Inflection of *lama

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lama	*lamat
accusative		*laman	*lamat
genitive		*laman	*lamadën *lamoidën
partitive		*lamada	*lamoida
inessive		*lamassa *lamahna	*lamoissa *lamoihna
elative		*lamasta	*lamoista
illative		*lamahën	*lamoihën
adessive		*lamalla	*lamoilla
ablative		*lamalta	*lamoilta
allative		*lamalën *lamalëk	*lamoilën *lamoilëk
essive		*lamana	*lamoina
translative		*lamaksi	*lamoiksi
instructive		*laman	*lamoin
comitative		*lamanëk	*lamoinëk
abessive		*lamatta	*lamoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ⇒ lamama/lamada
• Finnish: lama
• Ingrian: ⇒ lamakas
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lama
  • South Karelian: lama
• Livvi: lama
• Ludian: lama
• Veps: ⇒ lamak
• Võro: ⇒ lammõma/lammõdaq
• Votic: lama

Further reading

• “lamama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lama”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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