seka-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "seka"

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seka, possibly from Proto-Uralic *sekä (“inside, interior”),[1] thus "among" (also see seassa) and later "mixed". The word has (presumably original) front vowels in Võro but back vowels elsewhere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsekɑ-/, [ˈs̠e̞kɑ̝-]

Adjective

seka- (as a modifier in compounds)

  1. mixed
  2. cross-

Inflection

Declension of seka-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative seka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive seassa –temporal – –
elative seasta –causative – –
illative sekaan –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – sekaisin
allative – –prolative – –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

The cases of seka- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
compounds
  • See the inflection table.

References

  1. ^ Ylikoski, Jussi. The origins of the western Uralic s-cases revisited: historiographical, functional-typological and Samoyedic perspectives. FUF 63: 6–78 (2016). p. 56

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëka. Cognates include Finnish seka- and Estonian sega-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

seka-

  1. mixed

Derived terms

Ingrian terms prefixed with seka-
sekametsä

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515
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