Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apaja

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, compare Old Norse efja. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopējē.

Noun

*apaja[1]

  1. small bay
  2. fishing ground

Inflection

Inflection of *apaja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *apaja *apajat
accusative *apajan *apajat
genitive *apajan *apajadën
*apajoidën
partitive *apajata *apajoita
inessive *apajassa
*apajahna 		*apajoissa
*apajoihna
elative *apajasta *apajoista
illative *apajasën *apajoisën
adessive *apajalla *apajoilla
ablative *apajalta *apajoilta
allative *apajalën
*apajalëk 		*apajoilën
*apajoilëk
essive *apajana *apajoina
translative *apajaksi *apajoiksi
instructive *apajan *apajoin
comitative *apajanëk *apajoinëk
abessive *apajatta *apajoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: abajas
  • Finnish: apaja
  • Ingrian: apaja
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: abai
  • Ludian: abai
  • Veps: abai
  • Votic: apajõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*apaja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “abajas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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