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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ainaga
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.
Adjective
*ainaga
- only, sole
Inflection
Inflection of *ainaga
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ainaga | *ainagat | |
| accusative | *ainagan | *ainagat | |
| genitive | *ainagan | *ainagaden *ainagoiden | |
| partitive | *ainagata | *ainagoita | |
| inessive | *ainagassa | *ainagoissa | |
| elative | *ainagasta | *ainagoista | |
| illative | *ainagasen | *ainagoisen | |
| adessive | *ainagalla | *ainagoilla | |
| ablative | *ainagalta | *ainagoilta | |
| allative | *ainagalen | *ainagoilen | |
| essive | *ainagana | *ainagoina | |
| translative | *ainagaksi | *ainagoiksi | |
| instructive | *ainagan | *ainagoin | |
| comitative | *ainaganek | *ainagoinek | |
| abessive | *ainagakta | *ainagoikta | |
Descendants
From *ainaga:
- Estonian: (dialectal) ainava
- Ingrian: ainava
From *ainoga:
- Finnish: ainoa, (dialectal) ainova
- Karelian: ainova
- Votic: ainova
From *ainago:
- Karelian: ainavo
- Ludian: ainag
- Votic: ainago
From *ainut / *ainus:
- Estonian: ainus
- Finnish: ainut
- Karelian: ainut
- Võro: ainus
- Votic: ainud
From [Term?]:
- Livonian: āinagi
Further reading
- ainus in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN