Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tuttaba
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
The consonant-stem present passive participle of *tuntëdak, equivalent roughly to *tuntëdak + *-ttaba (with simplification *tunttaba > *tuttaba).
Adjective
*tuttaba
Noun
*tuttaba
- acquaintance (person)
Inflection
Inflection of *tuttaba
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tuttaba | *tuttabat | |
| accusative | *tuttaban | *tuttabat | |
| genitive | *tuttaban | *tuttabadën *tuttaboidën | |
| partitive | *tuttabata | *tuttaboita | |
| inessive | *tuttabassa *tuttabahna |
*tuttaboissa *tuttaboihna | |
| elative | *tuttabasta | *tuttaboista | |
| illative | *tuttabasën | *tuttaboisën | |
| adessive | *tuttaballa | *tuttaboilla | |
| ablative | *tuttabalta | *tuttaboilta | |
| allative | *tuttabalën *tuttabalëk |
*tuttaboilën *tuttaboilëk | |
| essive | *tuttabana | *tuttaboina | |
| translative | *tuttabaksi | *tuttaboiksi | |
| instructive | *tuttaban | *tuttaboin | |
| comitative | *tuttabanëk | *tuttaboinëk | |
| abessive | *tuttabatta | *tuttaboitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tuttav
- Finnish: tuttava
- Ingrian: tuttava
- Karelian:
- Livvi: tuttavu, tuttav
- Ludian: tuttav, tuttab
- Veps: tutab
- Võro: tutva
- Votic: tuttõvõ
See also
- Livonian tundtõb
Further reading
- “tundma”, 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), “tuttava”, 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