Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/oraca
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *woraća (whence also Moksha урось (uroś)), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāȷ́ʰás.
Noun
*oraca
- (Northern Finnic) boar (male pig)
Inflection
Inflection of *oraca
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *oraca | *oracat | |
| accusative | *oracan | *oracat | |
| genitive | *oracan | *oracadën *oracoidën | |
| partitive | *oracata | *oracoita | |
| inessive | *oracassa *oracahna |
*oracoissa *oracoihna | |
| elative | *oracasta | *oracoista | |
| illative | *oracasën | *oracoisën | |
| adessive | *oracalla | *oracoilla | |
| ablative | *oracalta | *oracoilta | |
| allative | *oracalën *oracalëk |
*oracoilën *oracoilëk | |
| essive | *oracana | *oracoina | |
| translative | *oracaksi | *oracoiksi | |
| instructive | *oracan | *oracoin | |
| comitative | *oracanëk | *oracoinëk | |
| abessive | *oracatta | *oracoitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) orasa, oraisa
- ⇒ Livvi: oračču
- Veps: oraž, orač
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “oraisa”, 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