Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turpa

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finno-Permic *turpa.

Noun

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*turpa

  1. muzzle (part of animal's head)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: turpa
    • ? Northern Sami: [Term?] (ᴛu̮rᵘ̮ᴘᴘᴱ̬) (dialectal)
    • ? Inari Sami: turbe
    • ? Skolt Sami: tuʹrbb
    • ? Kildin Sami: туррьп (turr’p)
    • ? Ter Sami: [script needed] (turpä)
  • Karelian: (Northern) turpa, (Southern) turba
  • Livvi: turbu
  • Ludian: turb
  • Veps: turb

Etymology 2

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Possibly from the same root as Etymology 1.

Noun

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*turpa

  1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)
Inflection
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Descendants
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Further reading

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  • turb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.