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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apaja
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, compare Old Norse efja. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopējē.
Noun
*apaja
- small bay
- fishing ground
Inflection
Inflection of *apaja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *apaja | *apajat | |
accusative | *apajan | *apajat | |
genitive | *apajan | *apajaden *apajoiden | |
partitive | *apajata | *apajoita | |
inessive | *apajassa *apajahna | *apajoissa *apajoihna | |
elative | *apajasta | *apajoista | |
illative | *apajasen | *apajoisen | |
adessive | *apajalla | *apajoilla | |
ablative | *apajalta | *apajoilta | |
allative | *apajalen *apajalek | *apajoilen *apajoilek | |
essive | *apajana | *apajoina | |
translative | *apajaksi | *apajoiksi | |
instructive | *apajan | *apajoin | |
comitative | *apajanek | *apajoinek | |
abessive | *apajatta | *apajoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: abajas
- Finnish: apaja
- Ingrian: apaja
- Karelian: apaja, abaja
- Livvi: abai
- Ludian: abai
- Veps: abai
- Votic: apajõ
Further reading
- abajas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN