Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lama
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lamaz
Adjective
*lama[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lama | *lamat | |
| accusative | *laman | *lamat | |
| genitive | *laman | *lamadën *lamoidën | |
| partitive | *lamada | *lamoida | |
| inessive | *lamassa *lamahna |
*lamoissa *lamoihna | |
| elative | *lamasta | *lamoista | |
| illative | *lamahën | *lamoihën | |
| adessive | *lamalla | *lamoilla | |
| ablative | *lamalta | *lamoilta | |
| allative | *lamalën *lamalëk |
*lamoilën *lamoilëk | |
| essive | *lamana | *lamoina | |
| translative | *lamaksi | *lamoiksi | |
| instructive | *laman | *lamoin | |
| comitative | *lamanëk | *lamoinëk | |
| abessive | *lamatta | *lamoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ⇒ lamama/lamada
- Finnish: lama
- Ingrian: ⇒ lamakas
- Karelian:
- Livvi: lama
- Ludian: lama
- Veps: ⇒ lamak
- Võro: ⇒ lammõma/lammõdaq
- Votic: lama
Further reading
- “lamama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “lama”, 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