Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/uninën

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

From *uni +‎ *-inën.

Adjective

*uninën

1. sleepy, drowsy

Inflection

Inflection of *uninën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*uninën	*unicët
accusative		*unicën	*unicët
genitive		*unicën	*unictën *unicidën
partitive		*unicta	*unicita
inessive		*unicëssa *unicëhna	*unicissa *unicihna
elative		*unicësta	*unicista
illative		*unicësën	*unicisën
adessive		*unicëlla	*unicilla
ablative		*unicëlta	*unicilta
allative		*unicëlën *unicëlëk	*unicilën *unicilëk
essive		*uninna	*unicina
translative		*unicëksi	*uniciksi
instructive		*unicën	*unicin
comitative		*uninnëk	*unicinëk
abessive		*unicëtta	*unicitta

Descendants

• Estonian: unine
• Finnish: uninen
• Ingrian: uniin
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: unini
  • South Karelian: unine
• Livonian: u’ņņi
• Võro: uninõ
• Votic: uninõ

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “uni”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (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