Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/meelebä

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

Etymology

From *meele +‎ *-bä.

Adjective

*meelebä

  1. clever, smart, wise
    Synonyms: *tarkka, *viisas

Inflection

Inflection of *meelebä
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *meelebä *meelebät
accusative *meelebän *meelebät
genitive *meelebän *meelebäden
*meelebeiden
partitive *meelebätä *meelebeitä
inessive *meelebässä
*meelebähnä 		*meelebeissä
*meelebeihnä
elative *meelebästä *meelebeistä
illative *meelebäsen *meelebeisen
adessive *meelebällä *meelebeillä
ablative *meelebältä *meelebeiltä
allative *meelebälen
*meelebälek 		*meelebeilen
*meelebeilek
essive *meelebänä *meelebeinä
translative *meelebäksi *meelebeiksi
instructive *meelebän *meelebein
comitative *meelebänek *meelebeinek
abessive *meelebättä *meelebeittä

Descendants

  • Finnish: mielevä
  • Ingrian: meelövä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: mielövä
    • South Karelian: mielevä, mielövä
  • Livvi: mielevy
  • Ludian: miel'ou, miel'eu
  • Veps: melev
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Kattila, Mati) meelevä

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mielevä”, 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
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