Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ma

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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 1

[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *-ma.

Suffix

[edit]

*-ma / *-mä

  1. Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
  2. Mostly meaningless suffix added to some nominal stems.
Inflection
[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
[edit]
Descendants
[edit]
  • Estonian: -m
  • Finnish: -ma
  • Ingrian: -ma
  • Karelian: -ma
  • Veps: -m
  • Võro: -m
  • Votic: -ma

Etymology 2

[edit]

From Proto-Uralic *-ma.

Suffix

[edit]

*-ma / *-mä

  1. Forms the gerund of verbs, generally only in certain case forms.
  2. Forms the agent participle, which indicates that an action was done by something (in the genitive).
Inflection
[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
[edit]

Gerund:

  • Estonian: -ma (ma-infinitive), gerund in inessive, elative, translative and abessive
  • Finnish: gerund (3rd infinitive) in inessive, elative, illative, adessive, abessive and instructive
  • Ingrian: gerund (3rd infinitive) in inessive, elative, illative and abessive
  • Võro: -ma (ma-infinitive)
  • Votic: gerund in inessive, elative, illative and abessive

Agent participle:

Etymology 3

[edit]

Possibly an extension of the sense in Etymology 1, with the sense development "action" > "event" > "location of event" > "location".

Suffix

[edit]

*-ma / *-mä

  1. Forms names for places or locations.
Inflection
[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
[edit]