Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rabait'ak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from the same onomatopoeic root as *rabistak, or alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaną + *-ait'ak.
Verb
*rabait'ak (stem *rapaida-)[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rabait'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *rapaidan | *rapaicin | — | *rabaitkon |
| 2nd sing. | *rapaidat | *rapaicit | *rapaidak | *rabaitkos |
| 3rd sing. | *rapaidapi *rabait |
*rapaici | *rabaitkasën | *rabaitkosën |
| 1st plur. | *rapaidakmëk *rapaidakmak |
*rapaicimëk *rapaicimak |
*rabaitkatëmëk *rabaitkatamak |
*rabaitkotëmëk *rabaitkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *rapaidaktëk *rapaidaktak |
*rapaicidëk *rapaicidak |
*rabaitkatë *rabaitkata |
*rabaitkot'ëk *rabaitkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *rapaidabat *rabait |
*rapaici | *rabaitkasën | *rabaitkosën |
| passive | *rapaidaksën *rapaidat'aksën |
*rabaittisën *rapaidattihën |
*rabaittakahën *rapaidattagasën |
*rabaittakohën *rapaidattagosën |
| connegative | *rapaidak | — | *rabaitkak | *rabaitkok |
| passive connegative | *rapaidaktak | — | *rabaittagak *rapaidattagak |
*rabaittagok *rapaidattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *rapaidakcin | *rapaicicin | *rabainnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *rapaidakcit | *rapaicicit | *rabainnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *rapaidakci | *rapaicici | *rabainni | |
| 1st plur. | *rapaidakcimëk *rapaidakcimak |
*rapaicicimëk *rapaicicimak |
*rabainnëmëk *rabainnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *rapaidakcidëk *rapaidakcidak |
*rapaicicidëk *rapaicicidak |
*rabainnëdëk *rabainnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *rapaidakci | *rapaicici | *rabainni | |
| passive | *rabait'akcihën *rapaidat'akcisën |
*rabaitticihën *rapaidatticisën |
*rabaittanëhën *rapaidattanësën | |
| connegative | *rapaidakcik | *rapaicicik | *rabainnëk | |
| passive connegative | *rabait'akcik *rapaidat'akcik |
*rabaitticik *rapaidatticik |
*rabaittanëk *rapaidattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *rabait'ak | present | *rapaidapa | *rabaittapa *rapaidattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *rabaittë- | past | *rabainnut | *rabaittu *rapaidattu |
| gerund/supine | *rapaidama | |||
| action noun | *rapaidaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: rabama/rabada
- Finnish: (dialectal) ravata
- Ingrian: ravata
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ra’bbõ
- Livvi: ravata
- Ludian: rabaita
- Võro: rabama/rabadaq
- Votic: (Jõgõperä, Mati) ravata
- → Latvian: rabāt
Further reading
- “rabama”, 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), “ravata”, 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