Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/louna

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *lowna, whence also Komi-Permyak лун (lun).

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Noun

*louna

1. noon, midday
2. south-southwest
3. lunch (midday meal)

Inflection

Inflection of *louna

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*louna	*lounat
accusative		*lounan	*lounat
genitive		*lounan	*lounadën *lounëidën
partitive		*lounada	*lounëida
inessive		*lounassa *lounahna	*lounëissa *lounëihna
elative		*lounasta	*lounëista
illative		*lounahën	*lounëihën
adessive		*lounalla	*lounëilla
ablative		*lounalta	*lounëilta
allative		*lounalën *lounalëk	*lounëilën *lounëilëk
essive		*lounana	*lounëina
translative		*lounaksi	*lounëiksi
instructive		*lounan	*lounëin
comitative		*lounanëk	*lounëinëk
abessive		*lounatta	*lounëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: lõuna
• Finnish: lounas, (dialectal, obsolete) louna
• Ingrian: lounat
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: lounat
  • South Karelian: lounat, louna
• Livonian: lȭnag
• Livvi: lounad, lounai
• Ludian: lounaine
• Veps: louna
• Võro: lõunaq
• Votic: lõunõd, (Itšäpäivä, Kõrvõttula) lõunaz
• → Latvian: launags
• → Lithuanian: launagas

Further reading

• “lõuna”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1391 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.