Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kavala

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

Unknown. Compare *kamala, *katala.

Adjective

*kavala[1]

  1. sly, cunning
  2. wise

Inflection

Inflection of *kavala
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kavala *kavalat
accusative *kavalan *kavalat
genitive *kavalan *kavaladën
*kavaloidën
partitive *kavalata *kavaloita
inessive *kavalassa
*kavalahna 		*kavaloissa
*kavaloihna
elative *kavalasta *kavaloista
illative *kavalasën *kavaloisën
adessive *kavalalla *kavaloilla
ablative *kavalalta *kavaloilta
allative *kavalalën
*kavalalëk 		*kavaloilën
*kavaloilëk
essive *kavalana *kavaloina
translative *kavalaksi *kavaloiksi
instructive *kavalan *kavaloin
comitative *kavalanëk *kavaloinëk
abessive *kavalatta *kavaloitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: kaval
  • Finnish: kavala
  • Ingrian: kavala
  • Karelian: kavala
  • Livonian: kovāl
  • Võro: kavval'
  • Votic: kavalõ

References

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

Further reading

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