Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ronkka
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*ronkka[1]
- raven (Corvus corax)
- Synonym: *karnëh
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ronkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *ronkka | *ronk'at | |
accusative | *ronk'an | *ronk'at | |
genitive | *ronk'an | *ronkkadën *ronkkëidën | |
partitive | *ronkkada | *ronkkëida | |
inessive | *ronk'assa *ronk'ahna |
*ronk'ëissa *ronk'ëihna | |
elative | *ronk'asta | *ronk'ëista | |
illative | *ronkkahën | *ronkkëihën | |
adessive | *ronk'alla | *ronk'ëilla | |
ablative | *ronk'alta | *ronk'ëilta | |
allative | *ronkkalën *ronkkalëk |
*ronkkëilën *ronkkëilëk | |
essive | *ronkkana | *ronkkëina | |
translative | *ronk'aksi | *ronk'ëiksi | |
instructive | *ronk'an | *ronk'ëin | |
comitative | *ronkkanëk | *ronkkëinëk | |
abessive | *ronk'atta | *ronk'ëitta |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: ronk
- → Livonian: kronk
- Finnish: (dialectal) ⇒ ronkkua, ronkua ("to caw (esp. raven)")
- Livvi: ⇒ kronkkua, kronkottua ("to caw (raven)")
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ronk”, 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), “ronkkua”, 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