Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hoobat'ak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hōƀian), (*and-hōƀian) (compare Old Norse andoefa),[1] + *-t'ak.
Verb
*hoobat'ak (stem *hoopada-)[2]
- to back water, to back the oars
Inflection
Inflection of *hoobat'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *hoopadan | *hoopacin | — | *hoobatkon |
| 2nd sing. | *hoopadat | *hoopacit | *hoopadak | *hoobatkos |
| 3rd sing. | *hoopadapi *hoobat |
*hoopaci | *hoobatkasën | *hoobatkosën |
| 1st plur. | *hoopadakmëk *hoopadakmak |
*hoopacimëk *hoopacimak |
*hoobatkatëmëk *hoobatkatamak |
*hoobatkotëmëk *hoobatkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *hoopadaktëk *hoopadaktak |
*hoopacidëk *hoopacidak |
*hoobatkatë *hoobatkata |
*hoobatkot'ëk *hoobatkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *hoopadabat *hoobat |
*hoopaci | *hoobatkasën | *hoobatkosën |
| passive | *hoopadaksën *hoopadat'aksën |
*hoobattisën *hoopadattihën |
*hoobattakahën *hoopadattagasën |
*hoobattakohën *hoopadattagosën |
| connegative | *hoopadak | — | *hoobatkak | *hoobatkok |
| passive connegative | *hoopadaktak | — | *hoobattagak *hoopadattagak |
*hoobattagok *hoopadattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *hoopadakcin | *hoopacicin | *hoobannën | |
| 2nd sing. | *hoopadakcit | *hoopacicit | *hoobannët | |
| 3rd sing. | *hoopadakci | *hoopacici | *hoobanni | |
| 1st plur. | *hoopadakcimëk *hoopadakcimak |
*hoopacicimëk *hoopacicimak |
*hoobannëmëk *hoobannëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *hoopadakcidëk *hoopadakcidak |
*hoopacicidëk *hoopacicidak |
*hoobannëdëk *hoobannëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *hoopadakci | *hoopacici | *hoobanni | |
| passive | *hoobat'akcihën *hoopadat'akcisën |
*hoobatticihën *hoopadatticisën |
*hoobattanëhën *hoopadattanësën | |
| connegative | *hoopadakcik | *hoopacicik | *hoobannëk | |
| passive connegative | *hoobat'akcik *hoopadat'akcik |
*hoobatticik *hoopadatticik |
*hoobattanëk *hoopadattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *hoobat'ak | present | *hoopadapa | *hoobattapa *hoopadattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *hoobattë- | past | *hoobannut | *hoobattu *hoopadattu |
| gerund/supine | *hoopadama | |||
| action noun | *hoopadaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: hoobama/hoovata
- Finnish: huovata
- Ingrian: hoovata
- → Votic: hoovõtõ
- Karelian: huovata
- Võro: huupama/hoobadaq
Further reading
- “hoobama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012