Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tunttaba

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

The consonant-stem present passive participle of *tuntëdak, equivalent roughly to *tuntëdak +‎ *-ttaba.

Adjective

*tunttaba

1. familiar, acquainted

Noun

*tunttaba

1. acquaintance (person)

Inflection

Inflection of *tunttaba

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*tunttaba	*tunttabat
accusative		*tunttaban	*tunttabat
genitive		*tunttaban	*tunttabadën *tunttaboidën
partitive		*tunttabata	*tunttaboita
inessive		*tunttabassa *tunttabahna	*tunttaboissa *tunttaboihna
elative		*tunttabasta	*tunttaboista
illative		*tunttabasën	*tunttaboisën
adessive		*tunttaballa	*tunttaboilla
ablative		*tunttabalta	*tunttaboilta
allative		*tunttabalën *tunttabalëk	*tunttaboilën *tunttaboilëk
essive		*tunttabana	*tunttaboina
translative		*tunttabaksi	*tunttaboiksi
instructive		*tunttaban	*tunttaboin
comitative		*tunttabanëk	*tunttaboinëk
abessive		*tunttabatta	*tunttaboitta

Descendants

• Estonian: tuttav
• Finnish: tuttava
• Ingrian: tuttava
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: tuttava
  • South Karelian: tuttava
• Livonian: tundtõb
• Livvi: tuttavu, tuttav
• Ludian: tuttav, tuttab
• Veps: tutab
• Võro: tutva
• Votic: tuttõvõ

Further reading

• “tundma”, 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), “tuttava”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN