Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tippa

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

*tippa

1. drop (small amount of liquid)

   Synonyms: *pisara, *tilkka

Inflection

Inflection of *tippa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tippa	*tip'at
accusative		*tip'an	*tip'at
genitive		*tip'an	*tippadën *tippoidën
partitive		*tippada	*tippoida
inessive		*tip'assa *tip'ahna	*tip'oissa *tip'oihna
elative		*tip'asta	*tip'oista
illative		*tippahën	*tippoihën
adessive		*tip'alla	*tip'oilla
ablative		*tip'alta	*tip'oilta
allative		*tippalën *tippalëk	*tippoilën *tippoilëk
essive		*tippana	*tippoina
translative		*tip'aksi	*tip'oiksi
instructive		*tip'an	*tip'oin
comitative		*tippanëk	*tippoinëk
abessive		*tip'atta	*tip'oitta

Derived terms

• *tippudak

Descendants

• Finnish: tippa
• Ingrian: tippa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tippa
  • South Karelian: tippa
• Livonian: sipā
• Livvi: tippu
• Ludian: tipp
• Veps: tipp
• Võro: ⇒ tsipa

From *tipa:

• Estonian: tiba

Further reading

• “tiba”, 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), “tippa”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN