Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nalja
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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 edit
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *nalja.
Noun edit
*nalja
Inflection edit
Inflection of *nalja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nalja | *naljat | |
| accusative | *naljan | *naljat | |
| genitive | *naljan | *naljadën *naljoidën | |
| partitive | *naljada | *naljoida | |
| inessive | *naljassa *naljahna |
*naljoissa *naljoihna | |
| elative | *naljasta | *naljoista | |
| illative | *naljahën | *naljoihën | |
| adessive | *naljalla | *naljoilla | |
| ablative | *naljalta | *naljoilta | |
| allative | *naljalën *naljalëk |
*naljoilën *naljoilëk | |
| essive | *naljana | *naljoina | |
| translative | *naljaksi | *naljoiksi | |
| instructive | *naljan | *naljoin | |
| comitative | *naljanëk | *naljoinëk | |
| abessive | *naljatta | *naljoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: nali
- Finnish: (archaic) nalja
- ⇒ Finnish: naljailla
- Ingrian: nalja
- Livonian: nǭļa
- Võro: nali
- Votic: nalʹlʹõ
Further reading edit
- “nali”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1423 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.