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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kapaleh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian gabals, Lithuanian gabalas).
Noun
*kapaleh
- piece (part of a larger whole)
Inflection
Inflection of *kapaleh
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 | *kapaleh | *kapalehet | |
accusative | *kapalehen | *kapalehet | |
genitive | *kapalehen | *kapalehten *kapalehiden | |
partitive | *kapalehta | *kapalehida | |
inessive | *kapalehessa *kapalehehna | *kapalehissa *kapalehihna | |
elative | *kapalehesta | *kapalehista | |
illative | *kapalehehen | *kapalehihen | |
adessive | *kapalehella | *kapalehilla | |
ablative | *kapalehelta | *kapalehilta | |
allative | *kapalehelen *kapalehelek | *kapalehilen *kapalehilek | |
essive | *kapalehena | *kapalehina | |
translative | *kapaleheksi | *kapalehiksi | |
instructive | *kapalehen | *kapalehin | |
comitative | *kapalehenek | *kapalehinek | |
abessive | *kapalehetta | *kapalehitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) kabal
- Finnish: kappale, (dialectal) kapale
- → Inari Sami: kapulâh
- → Northern Sami: gáhppálat
- Ingrian: kappaale
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: kapaleh
- Livonian: kabāl
- Votic: kappõlõ
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kappale”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN