Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupla
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Cognates include Proto-Samic *koplē (“bladder”).
Noun
*kupla[1]
- bubble
- Synonym: *pullo
- swim bladder
Inflection
Inflection of *kupla
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kupla | *kuplat | |
| accusative | *kuplan | *kuplat | |
| genitive | *kuplan | *kupladën *kuplëidën | |
| partitive | *kuplada | *kuplëida | |
| inessive | *kuplassa *kuplahna |
*kuplëissa *kuplëihna | |
| elative | *kuplasta | *kuplëista | |
| illative | *kuplahën | *kuplëihën | |
| adessive | *kuplalla | *kuplëilla | |
| ablative | *kuplalta | *kuplëilta | |
| allative | *kuplalën *kuplalëk |
*kuplëilën *kuplëilëk | |
| essive | *kuplana | *kuplëina | |
| translative | *kuplaksi | *kuplëiksi | |
| instructive | *kuplan | *kuplëin | |
| comitative | *kuplanëk | *kuplëinëk | |
| abessive | *kuplatta | *kuplëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kubel
- Finnish: kupla, (dialectal) kuula
- Ingrian: kupla
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: kubla
- Livvi: kublu
- Ludian: kubl
- Võro: kubõl, kubyl', kupl
References
Further reading
- “kubel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #413 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.