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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koppala
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *koppala,*kopala. Cognate with Proto-Samic *koappēlē, whence Northern Sami goahppil.
Noun
*koppala
- female capercaillie
Inflection
Inflection of *koppala
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koppala | *koppalat | |
| accusative | *koppalan | *koppalat | |
| genitive | *koppalan | *koppaladen *koppaloiden | |
| partitive | *koppalata | *koppaloita | |
| inessive | *koppalassa | *koppaloissa | |
| elative | *koppalasta | *koppaloista | |
| illative | *koppalasen | *koppaloisen | |
| adessive | *koppalalla | *koppaloilla | |
| ablative | *koppalalta | *koppaloilta | |
| allative | *koppalalek | *koppaloilek | |
| essive | *koppalana | *koppaloina | |
| translative | *koppalaksi | *koppaloiksi | |
| instructive | *koppalan | *koppaloin | |
| comitative | *koppalanek | *koppaloinek | |
| abessive | *koppalakta | *koppaloikta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: koppelo, (dialectal) koppala
- Karelian: koppala
- Livvi: koppal
- Ludian: koppal
Further reading
- Entry #353 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “koppelo”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN