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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hupa

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa.

Adjective

*hupa

  1. lean, thin
  2. small

Inflection
Inflection of *hupa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *hupa *hubat
accusative *huban *hubat
genitive *huban *hupadën
*hupëidën
partitive *hupada *hupëida
inessive *hubassa
*hubahna		 *hubëissa
*hubëihna
elative *hubasta *hubëista
illative *hupahën *hupëihën
adessive *huballa *hubëilla
ablative *hubalta *hubëilta
allative *hupalën
*hupalëk		 *hupëilën
*hupëilëk
essive *hupana *hupëina
translative *hubaksi *hubëiksi
instructive *huban *hubëin
comitative *hupanëk *hupëinëk
abessive *hubatta *hubëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) huba
  • Finnish: hupa
    • → Northern Sami: hohpi
  • Ingrian: hupa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: hupa
    • South Karelian: huba
  • Livvi: huba
  • Ludian: huba
  • Veps: huba
  • Võro: huba

Further reading
  • “hubane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #119 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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