Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mokka

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

Unknown.

Noun

*mokka

1. lip

   Synonym: *huuli

Inflection

Inflection of *mokka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*mokka	*mok'at
accusative		*mok'an	*mok'at
genitive		*mok'an	*mokkadën *mokkëidën
partitive		*mokkada	*mokkëida
inessive		*mok'assa *mok'ahna	*mok'ëissa *mok'ëihna
elative		*mok'asta	*mok'ëista
illative		*mokkahën	*mokkëihën
adessive		*mok'alla	*mok'ëilla
ablative		*mok'alta	*mok'ëilta
allative		*mokkalën *mokkalëk	*mokkëilën *mokkëilëk
essive		*mokkana	*mokkëina
translative		*mok'aksi	*mok'ëiksi
instructive		*mok'an	*mok'ëin
comitative		*mokkanëk	*mokkëinëk
abessive		*mok'atta	*mok'ëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: mokk
  • → Ingrian: mokka
• Finnish: (rare, only in phrases) mokka
• Võro: mokk
• Votic: mokkõ

Further reading

• “mokk”, 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), “mokka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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