Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapëda
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
According to Aikio (2009), derived from a lost verb meaning "to gather (while sewing), to make narrow(er)" (cognate with Proto-Samic *kuopëtēk (“to gather (while sewing)”)) + *-ëda.[1]
Adjective
*kapëda[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *kapëda
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kapëda | *kapëdat | |
| accusative | *kapëdan | *kapëdat | |
| genitive | *kapëdan | *kapëdadën *kapëdëidën | |
| partitive | *kapëdata | *kapëdëita | |
| inessive | *kapëdassa *kapëdahna |
*kapëdëissa *kapëdëihna | |
| elative | *kapëdasta | *kapëdëista | |
| illative | *kapëdasën | *kapëdëisën | |
| adessive | *kapëdalla | *kapëdëilla | |
| ablative | *kapëdalta | *kapëdëilta | |
| allative | *kapëdalën *kapëdalëk |
*kapëdëilën *kapëdëilëk | |
| essive | *kapëdana | *kapëdëina | |
| translative | *kapëdaksi | *kapëdëiksi | |
| instructive | *kapëdan | *kapëdëin | |
| comitative | *kapëdanëk | *kapëdëinëk | |
| abessive | *kapëdatta | *kapëdëitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “kabe”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kapea”, 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
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kapëda”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][1] (in Finnish)