Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/takja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *tankjā (whence Lithuanian tánkus, tánkiai).
Adjective
*takja[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *takja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *takja | *takjat | |
| accusative | *takjan | *takjat | |
| genitive | *takjan | *takjadën *takjoidën | |
| partitive | *takjada | *takjoida | |
| inessive | *takjassa *takjahna |
*takjoissa *takjoihna | |
| elative | *takjasta | *takjoista | |
| illative | *takjahën | *takjoihën | |
| adessive | *takjalla | *takjoilla | |
| ablative | *takjalta | *takjoilta | |
| allative | *takjalën *takjalëk |
*takjoilën *takjoilëk | |
| essive | *takjana | *takjoina | |
| translative | *takjaksi | *takjoiksi | |
| instructive | *takjan | *takjoin | |
| comitative | *takjanëk | *takjoinëk | |
| abessive | *takjatta | *takjoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: tai
- Finnish: taaja
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: tuakie
- South Karelian: tuagie
- Livvi: toagei
- →? Proto-Samic: *tāvjā (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “tai”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “taaja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN