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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kupu
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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
Uncertain, possibly related to Northern Sami skohpalas (“blister”), or possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ.
Inflection
Inflection of *kupu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kupu | *kubut | |
| accusative | *kubun | *kubut | |
| genitive | *kubun | *kupuden *kupuiden | |
| partitive | *kupuda | *kupuida | |
| inessive | *kubussa *kubuhna |
*kubuissa *kubuihna | |
| elative | *kubusta | *kubuista | |
| illative | *kupuhen | *kupuihen | |
| adessive | *kubulla | *kubuilla | |
| ablative | *kubulta | *kubuilta | |
| allative | *kupulen *kupulek |
*kupuilen *kupuilek | |
| essive | *kupuna | *kupuina | |
| translative | *kubuksi | *kubuiksi | |
| instructive | *kubun | *kubuin | |
| comitative | *kupunek | *kupuinek | |
| abessive | *kubutta | *kubuitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kupu”, 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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