Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nalja

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *nalja.

Noun

*nalja[1]

  1. joke

Inflection

Inflection of *nalja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nalja *naljat
accusative *naljan *naljat
genitive *naljan *naljadën
*naljoidën
partitive *naljada *naljoida
inessive *naljassa
*naljahna 		*naljoissa
*naljoihna
elative *naljasta *naljoista
illative *naljahën *naljoihën
adessive *naljalla *naljoilla
ablative *naljalta *naljoilta
allative *naljalën
*naljalëk 		*naljoilën
*naljoilëk
essive *naljana *naljoina
translative *naljaksi *naljoiksi
instructive *naljan *naljoin
comitative *naljanëk *naljoinëk
abessive *naljatta *naljoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nali
  • Finnish: (archaic) nalja
  • Ingrian: nalja
  • Livonian: nǭļa
  • Võro: nali
  • Votic: nalʹlʹõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nalja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “nali”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1423 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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