Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kabut'ak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian kāpt, Lithuanian kopti), or derived from *kapu (“stick, rung”).
Verb
*kabut'ak (stem *kapuda-) (Northern Finnic)
- to climb
Inflection
Inflection of *kabut'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. | *kapudan | *kapucin | — | *kabutkon |
| 2nd sing. | *kapudat | *kapucit | *kapudak | *kabutkos |
| 3rd sing. | *kapudapi *kabut |
*kapuci | *kabutkasën | *kabutkosën |
| 1st plur. | *kapudakmëk *kapudakmak |
*kapucimëk *kapucimak |
*kabutkatëmëk *kabutkatamak |
*kabutkotëmëk *kabutkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *kapudaktëk *kapudaktak |
*kapucidëk *kapucidak |
*kabutkatë *kabutkata |
*kabutkot'ëk *kabutkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *kapudabat *kabut |
*kapuci | *kabutkasën | *kabutkosën |
| passive | *kapudaksën *kapudat'aksën |
*kabuttisën *kapudattihën |
*kabuttakahën *kapudattagasën |
*kabuttakohën *kapudattagosën |
| connegative | *kapudak | — | *kabutkak | *kabutkok |
| passive connegative | *kapudaktak | — | *kabuttagak *kapudattagak |
*kabuttagok *kapudattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *kapudakcin | *kapucicin | *kabunnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *kapudakcit | *kapucicit | *kabunnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *kapudakci | *kapucici | *kabunni | |
| 1st plur. | *kapudakcimëk *kapudakcimak |
*kapucicimëk *kapucicimak |
*kabunnëmëk *kabunnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *kapudakcidëk *kapudakcidak |
*kapucicidëk *kapucicidak |
*kabunnëdëk *kabunnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *kapudakci | *kapucici | *kabunni | |
| passive | *kabut'akcihën *kapudat'akcisën |
*kabutticihën *kapudatticisën |
*kabuttanëhën *kapudattanësën | |
| connegative | *kapudakcik | *kapucicik | *kabunnëk | |
| passive connegative | *kabut'akcik *kapudat'akcik |
*kabutticik *kapudatticik |
*kabuttanëk *kapudattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *kabut'ak | present | *kapudapa | *kabuttapa *kapudattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *kabuttë- | past | *kabunnut | *kabuttu *kapudattu |
| gerund/supine | *kapudama | |||
| action noun | *kapudaminen | |||
Derived terms
- *kabahtadak
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kavuta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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