Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nuija

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.

Noun

*nuija[1]

  1. club, cudgel
  2. stick

Inflection

Inflection of *nuija
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nuija *nuijat
accusative *nuijan *nuijat
genitive *nuijan *nuijadën
*nuijëidën
partitive *nuijada *nuijëida
inessive *nuijassa
*nuijahna 		*nuijëissa
*nuijëihna
elative *nuijasta *nuijëista
illative *nuijahën *nuijëihën
adessive *nuijalla *nuijëilla
ablative *nuijalta *nuijëilta
allative *nuijalën
*nuijalëk 		*nuijëilën
*nuijëilëk
essive *nuijana *nuijëina
translative *nuijaksi *nuijëiksi
instructive *nuijan *nuijëin
comitative *nuijanëk *nuijëinëk
abessive *nuijatta *nuijëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: nui
  • Finnish: nuija
  • Livonian: nujā
  • Võro: nui

References

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

Further reading

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