Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruja
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly sound-symbolic and related to Northern Sami rojas (“unwell, sickly looking”).
Adjective
[edit]*ruja[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ruja
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 | *ruja | *rujat | |
accusative | *rujan | *rujat | |
genitive | *rujan | *rujadën *rujëidën | |
partitive | *rujada | *rujëida | |
inessive | *rujassa *rujahna |
*rujëissa *rujëihna | |
elative | *rujasta | *rujëista | |
illative | *rujahën | *rujëihën | |
adessive | *rujalla | *rujëilla | |
ablative | *rujalta | *rujëilta | |
allative | *rujalën *rujalëk |
*rujëilën *rujëilëk | |
essive | *rujana | *rujëina | |
translative | *rujaksi | *rujëiksi | |
instructive | *rujan | *rujëin | |
comitative | *rujanëk | *rujëinëk | |
abessive | *rujatta | *rujëitta |
Descendants
[edit]From *ruja:
From *rujo:
- Estonian: (dialectal) ruju
- Finnish: rujo
- Karelian:
- Livvi: rujo
- Ludian: rujo
- Veps: rujo
- >? Võro: rujo
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rujo”, 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