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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapaleh

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian gabals, Lithuanian gabalas).

Noun

*kapaleh

  1. piece (part of a larger whole)

Inflection
Inflection of *kapaleh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kapaleh *kapalehet
accusative *kapalehen *kapalehet
genitive *kapalehen *kapalehten
*kapalehiden
partitive *kapalehta *kapalehida
inessive *kapalehessa
*kapalehehna		 *kapalehissa
*kapalehihna
elative *kapalehesta *kapalehista
illative *kapalehehen *kapalehihen
adessive *kapalehella *kapalehilla
ablative *kapalehelta *kapalehilta
allative *kapalehelen
*kapalehelek		 *kapalehilen
*kapalehilek
essive *kapalehena *kapalehina
translative *kapaleheksi *kapalehiksi
instructive *kapalehen *kapalehin
comitative *kapalehenek *kapalehinek
abessive *kapalehetta *kapalehitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) kabal
  • Finnish: kappale, (dialectal) kapale
    • → Inari Sami: kapulâh
    • → Northern Sami: gáhppálat
  • Ingrian: kappaale
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kapaleh
  • Livonian: kabāl
  • Votic: kappõlõ

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kappale”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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