Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tapa
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (whence Latvian daba, Lithuanian daba). Comparisons with Germanic have also been proposed.
Noun
edit*tapa[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *tapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *tapa | *tabat | |
accusative | *taban | *tabat | |
genitive | *taban | *tapadën *tapoidën | |
partitive | *tapada | *tapoida | |
inessive | *tabassa *tabahna |
*taboissa *taboihna | |
elative | *tabasta | *taboista | |
illative | *tapahën | *tapoihën | |
adessive | *taballa | *taboilla | |
ablative | *tabalta | *taboilta | |
allative | *tapalën *tapalëk |
*tapoilën *tapoilëk | |
essive | *tapana | *tapoina | |
translative | *tabaksi | *taboiksi | |
instructive | *taban | *taboin | |
comitative | *tapanëk | *tapoinëk | |
abessive | *tabatta | *taboitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: tava
- Finnish: tapa
- Ingrian: tapa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: dabā
- Livvi: taba
- Ludian: taba
- Veps: taba
- Votic: tapa
References
editFurther reading
edit- “tava”, 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), 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