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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hupa
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa.
Adjective
*hupa
- lean, thin
- small
Inflection
Inflection of *hupa
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hupa | *hubat | |
| accusative | *huban | *hubat | |
| genitive | *huban | *hupaden *hupeiden | |
| partitive | *hupada | *hupeida | |
| inessive | *hubassa | *hubeissa | |
| elative | *hubasta | *hubeista | |
| illative | *hupahen | *hupeihen | |
| adessive | *huballa | *hubeilla | |
| ablative | *hubalta | *hubeilta | |
| allative | *hupalen | *hupeilen | |
| essive | *hupana | *hupeina | |
| translative | *hubaksi | *hubeiksi | |
| instructive | *huban | *hubein | |
| comitative | *hupanek | *hupeinek | |
| abessive | *hubakta | *hubeikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) huba
- Finnish: hupa
- → Northern Sami: hohpi
- Ingrian: hupa
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: hupa
- South Karelian: huba
- Livvi: huba
- Ludian: huba
- Veps: huba
- Võro: huba
Further reading
- hubane in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #119 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.