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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kunta
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had.
Noun
*kunta
- community
- clan, kin
Inflection
Inflection of *kunta
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kunta | *kundat | |
| accusative | *kundan | *kundat | |
| genitive | *kundan | *kuntaden *kunteiden | |
| partitive | *kuntada | *kunteida | |
| inessive | *kundassa | *kundeissa | |
| elative | *kundasta | *kundeista | |
| illative | *kuntahen | *kunteihen | |
| adessive | *kundalla | *kundeilla | |
| ablative | *kundalta | *kundeilta | |
| allative | *kuntalen | *kunteilen | |
| essive | *kuntana | *kunteina | |
| translative | *kundaksi | *kundeiksi | |
| instructive | *kundan | *kundein | |
| comitative | *kuntanek | *kunteinek | |
| abessive | *kundakta | *kundeikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: -kond
- Finnish: kunta
- Ingrian: -kunta
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: -kunta
- South Karelian: -kunda
- Livonian: -gõnd
- Livvi: -kundu
- Ludian: -kund
- Veps: -kund
- Võro: -kund
- Votic: kunta
Further reading
- -kond in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #400 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.