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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kauha
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Baltic, compare Latvian kauss and Lithuanian káušas.
Noun
*kauha
- ladle, dipper
Inflection
Inflection of *kauha
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kauha | *kauhat | |
| accusative | *kauhan | *kauhat | |
| genitive | *kauhan | *kauhaden *kauheiden | |
| partitive | *kauhada | *kauheida | |
| inessive | *kauhassa | *kauheissa | |
| elative | *kauhasta | *kauheista | |
| illative | *kauhahen | *kauheihen | |
| adessive | *kauhalla | *kauheilla | |
| ablative | *kauhalta | *kauheilta | |
| allative | *kauhalek | *kauheilek | |
| essive | *kauhana | *kauheina | |
| translative | *kauhaksi | *kauheiksi | |
| instructive | *kauhan | *kauhein | |
| comitative | *kauhanek | *kauheinek | |
| abessive | *kauhakta | *kauheikta | |
Descendants
- ? Estonian: kahv (with metathesis), (dialectal) kauh
- Finnish: kauha
- Karelian: kauha
- Livvi: kauhu
- Ludian: kauh
- Veps: kauh, kouh
- Votic: kavi
- → Ingrian: kaavi
Further reading
- kahv in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN