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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rapa

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

Noun

*rapa

  1. dregs, residue mass from making beer
Inflection
Inflection of *rapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rapa *rabat
accusative *raban *rabat
genitive *raban *rapaden
*rapoiden
partitive *rapada *rapoida
inessive *rabassa
*rabahna		 *raboissa
*raboihna
elative *rabasta *raboista
illative *rapahen *rapoihen
adessive *raballa *raboilla
ablative *rabalta *raboilta
allative *rapalen
*rapalek		 *rapoilen
*rapoilek
essive *rapana *rapoina
translative *rabaksi *raboiksi
instructive *raban *raboin
comitative *rapanek *rapoinek
abessive *rabatta *raboitta
Descendants
  • Estonian: raba
  • Finnish: rapa
  • Ingrian: rapa
  • Karelian: rapa (Northern), raba (Southern)
  • Livonian: rabād pl
  • Livvi: raba
  • Ludian: raba
  • Veps: raba
  • Votic: ravad
Further reading
  • raba in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Probably of onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic origin (compare Finnish rapista (“to patter, rustle; to crumble”)).

Noun

*rapa

  1. crushed stone, crumbly stone or another crumbly substance
Inflection
Inflection of *rapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rapa *rabat
accusative *raban *rabat
genitive *raban *rapaden
*rapoiden
partitive *rapada *rapoida
inessive *rabassa
*rabahna		 *raboissa
*raboihna
elative *rabasta *raboista
illative *rapahen *rapoihen
adessive *raballa *raboilla
ablative *rabalta *raboilta
allative *rapalen
*rapalek		 *rapoilen
*rapoilek
essive *rapana *rapoina
translative *rabaksi *raboiksi
instructive *raban *raboin
comitative *rapanek *rapoinek
abessive *rabatta *raboitta
Derived terms
  • *rapeda (“crumbly”)
Descendants
Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) 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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