Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kura

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

    From Proto-Uralic *kura (“bent, crooked”) [1].

    Adjective

    *kura[2]

    1. left (opposite of right)
      Synonym: *vasën
    Inflection
    Inflection of *kura
    Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
    singular plural
    nominative *kura *kurat
    accusative *kuran *kurat
    genitive *kuran *kuradën
    *kurëidën
    partitive *kurada *kurëida
    inessive *kurassa
    *kurahna     		*kurëissa
    *kurëihna
    elative *kurasta *kurëista
    illative *kurahën *kurëihën
    adessive *kuralla *kurëilla
    ablative *kuralta *kurëilta
    allative *kuralën
    *kuralëk     		*kurëilën
    *kurëilëk
    essive *kurana *kurëina
    translative *kuraksi *kurëiksi
    instructive *kuran *kurëin
    comitative *kuranëk *kurëinëk
    abessive *kuratta *kurëitta
    Descendants
    • Estonian: (dialectal) kura
    • ⇒ Finnish: (dialectal) kurakäsi (with käsi (“hand”)), kurittu
    • Ingrian: kura
    • Livonian: kurā, (Salaca) kura
    • Võro: kura
    • Votic: kura
    • → Northern Sami: gurut

    References

    1. ^ Aikio, Ante: New and Old Samoyed Etymologies (Part 2). FUF 56 (2006) [1]
    2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kura²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

    Etymology 2

      Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gurą, or from Proto-Uralic *kura (“dirt, mud”).

      Noun

      *kura[1]

      1. dirt, mud
      2. diarrhea
      3. dregs
      Inflection
      Inflection of *kura
      Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
      singular plural
      nominative *kura *kurat
      accusative *kuran *kurat
      genitive *kuran *kuradën
      *kurëidën
      partitive *kurada *kurëida
      inessive *kurassa
      *kurahna       		*kurëissa
      *kurëihna
      elative *kurasta *kurëista
      illative *kurahën *kurëihën
      adessive *kuralla *kurëilla
      ablative *kuralta *kurëilta
      allative *kuralën
      *kuralëk       		*kurëilën
      *kurëilëk
      essive *kurana *kurëina
      translative *kuraksi *kurëiksi
      instructive *kuran *kurëin
      comitative *kuranëk *kurëinëk
      abessive *kuratta *kurëitta
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kura¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[3] (in Finnish)

      Further reading

      • “kura”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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