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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/maja
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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
Unknown, but related to Latvian mãja. There is no consensus on the direction of borrowing, but both directions have been proposed.
Inflection
Inflection of *maja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *maja | *majat | |
| accusative | *majan | *majat | |
| genitive | *majan | *majaden *majoiden | |
| partitive | *majada | *majoida | |
| inessive | *majassa *majahna |
*majoissa *majoihna | |
| elative | *majasta | *majoista | |
| illative | *majahen | *majoihen | |
| adessive | *majalla | *majoilla | |
| ablative | *majalta | *majoilta | |
| allative | *majalen *majalek |
*majoilen *majoilek | |
| essive | *majana | *majoina | |
| translative | *majaksi | *majoiksi | |
| instructive | *majan | *majoin | |
| comitative | *majanek | *majoinek | |
| abessive | *majatta | *majoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- maja in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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