Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turja

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-Ugric [Term?] (compare Hungarian tarkó).

Noun

*turja

1. nape (back of the neck)

   Synonym: *niska

Inflection

Inflection of *turja

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*turja	*turjat
accusative		*turjan	*turjat
genitive		*turjan	*turjadën *turjëidën
partitive		*turjada	*turjëida
inessive		*turjassa *turjahna	*turjëissa *turjëihna
elative		*turjasta	*turjëista
illative		*turjahën	*turjëihën
adessive		*turjalla	*turjëilla
ablative		*turjalta	*turjëilta
allative		*turjalën *turjalëk	*turjëilën *turjëilëk
essive		*turjana	*turjëina
translative		*turjaksi	*turjëiksi
instructive		*turjan	*turjëin
comitative		*turjanëk	*turjëinëk
abessive		*turjatta	*turjëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: turi
  • → Finnish: (rare) turja
• Votic: (Jõgõperä) turja

From *turjo:

• Võro: turi, tur'o

Further reading

• “turi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1081 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.