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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kamara
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Uralic *kama + *-ra.
Noun
*kamara
- hard crust
- pork rind
Inflection
Inflection of *kamara
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 | *kamara | *kamarat | |
accusative | *kamaran | *kamarat | |
genitive | *kamaran | *kamaraden *kamaroiden | |
partitive | *kamarata | *kamaroita | |
inessive | *kamarassa *kamarahna | *kamaroissa *kamaroihna | |
elative | *kamarasta | *kamaroista | |
illative | *kamarasen | *kamaroisen | |
adessive | *kamaralla | *kamaroilla | |
ablative | *kamaralta | *kamaroilta | |
allative | *kamaralen *kamaralek | *kamaroilen *kamaroilek | |
essive | *kamarana | *kamaroina | |
translative | *kamaraksi | *kamaroiksi | |
instructive | *kamaran | *kamaroin | |
comitative | *kamaranek | *kamaroinek | |
abessive | *kamaratta | *kamaroitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: kamar
- Finnish: kamara
- Ingrian: kamara
- Livonian: kamār
- Võro: kammar'
- → Latvian: kamara
Further reading
- kamar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #233 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.