Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jama

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

May be cognate with Proto-Samic *juomē; both are probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yamás (whence Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin”)).[1]

Noun

*jama[2]

  1. joint (point where two things meet)

Inflection

Inflection of *jama
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *jama *jamat
accusative *jaman *jamat
genitive *jaman *jamadën
*jamoidën
partitive *jamada *jamoida
inessive *jamassa
*jamahna 		*jamoissa
*jamoihna
elative *jamasta *jamoista
illative *jamahën *jamoihën
adessive *jamalla *jamoilla
ablative *jamalta *jamoilta
allative *jamalën
*jamalëk 		*jamoilën
*jamoilëk
essive *jamana *jamoina
translative *jamaksi *jamoiksi
instructive *jaman *jamoin
comitative *jamanëk *jamoinëk
abessive *jamatta *jamoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: jama (dialectal)
  • Finnish: jama
  • ⇒ Ingrian: jame
  • Karelian: jama
  • Võro: jama
  • ⇒ Votic: jamo, jamauz

References

  1. ^ Holopainen, Sampsa (2019) Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, pages 101–102
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*jama”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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