Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kumara

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

Possibly from the same root as *kuma- +‎ *-ra. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*kumara[1]

  1. hunched
  2. curved

Inflection

Inflection of *kumara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kumara *kumarat
accusative *kumaran *kumarat
genitive *kumaran *kumaradën
*kumaroidën
partitive *kumarata *kumaroita
inessive *kumarassa
*kumarahna 		*kumaroissa
*kumaroihna
elative *kumarasta *kumaroista
illative *kumarasën *kumaroisën
adessive *kumaralla *kumaroilla
ablative *kumaralta *kumaroilta
allative *kumaralën
*kumaralëk 		*kumaroilën
*kumaroilëk
essive *kumarana *kumaroina
translative *kumaraksi *kumaroiksi
instructive *kumaran *kumaroin
comitative *kumaranëk *kumaroinëk
abessive *kumaratta *kumaroitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) kumar, kummar
  • Finnish: kumara

References

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

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kumara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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