Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tappura
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
According to Aikio (2024), from Proto-Finno-Permic *tappa (whence also Erzya [script needed] (tapo), Eastern Mari тово (tovo, “oakum, tow, tangled threads”)), with the suffix + *-ra. The origin of the second-syllable u remains unclear.[1]
Noun
*tappura
Inflection
Inflection of *tappura
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tappura | *tappurat | |
| accusative | *tappuran | *tappurat | |
| genitive | *tappuran | *tappuradën *tappurëidën | |
| partitive | *tappurata | *tappurëita | |
| inessive | *tappurassa *tappurahna |
*tappurëissa *tappurëihna | |
| elative | *tappurasta | *tappurëista | |
| illative | *tappurasën | *tappurëisën | |
| adessive | *tappuralla | *tappurëilla | |
| ablative | *tappuralta | *tappurëilta | |
| allative | *tappuralën *tappuralëk |
*tappurëilën *tappurëilëk | |
| essive | *tappurana | *tappurëina | |
| translative | *tappuraksi | *tappurëiksi | |
| instructive | *tappuran | *tappurëin | |
| comitative | *tappuranëk | *tappurëinëk | |
| abessive | *tappuratta | *tappurëitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tappura”, 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