Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasama
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]*vasa- + *-ma; from the same root as Proto-Samic *vuočētēk, suggesting earlier *waśa-. Further etymology unknown.
Noun
[edit]*vasama[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vasama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vasama | *vasamat | |
| accusative | *vasaman | *vasamat | |
| genitive | *vasaman | *vasamadën *vasamoidën | |
| partitive | *vasamata | *vasamoita | |
| inessive | *vasamassa *vasamahna |
*vasamoissa *vasamoihna | |
| elative | *vasamasta | *vasamoista | |
| illative | *vasamasën | *vasamoisën | |
| adessive | *vasamalla | *vasamoilla | |
| ablative | *vasamalta | *vasamoilta | |
| allative | *vasamalën *vasamalëk |
*vasamoilën *vasamoilëk | |
| essive | *vasamana | *vasamoina | |
| translative | *vasamaksi | *vasamoiksi | |
| instructive | *vasaman | *vasamoin | |
| comitative | *vasamanëk | *vasamoinëk | |
| abessive | *vasamatta | *vasamoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “vasama”, 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