Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nalja

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *nalja.

Noun

*nalja

1. joke

Inflection

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

• Estonian: nali
• Finnish: (archaic) nalja
  • ⇒ Finnish: naljailla
• Ingrian: nalja
• Livonian: nǭļa
• Võro: nali
• Votic: nalʹlʹõ

Further reading

• “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.