Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lipla

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*lipla

1. flake (thin chiplike layer)

Inflection

Inflection of *lipla

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lipla	*liplat
accusative		*liplan	*liplat
genitive		*liplan	*lipladën *liploidën
partitive		*liplada	*liploida
inessive		*liplassa *liplahna	*liploissa *liploihna
elative		*liplasta	*liploista
illative		*liplahën	*liploihën
adessive		*liplalla	*liploilla
ablative		*liplalta	*liploilta
allative		*liplalën *liplalëk	*liploilën *liploilëk
essive		*liplana	*liploina
translative		*liplaksi	*liploiksi
instructive		*liplan	*liploin
comitative		*liplanëk	*liploinëk
abessive		*liplatta	*liploitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) liula
• Ingrian: libla, liblu
• Votic: liblõ

From *liple-:

• Estonian: lible
• Võro: liblõq

Further reading

• “lible”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012