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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lampi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Samic *luompël. Both possibly from Proto-Uralic *lëmpe, or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian klampa (“swamp, marsh”)).
Noun
*lampi
- pond (small lake)
Inflection
Inflection of *lampi
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 | *lampi | *lambet | |
accusative | *lamben | *lambet | |
genitive | *lamben | *lampeden *lampiden | |
partitive | *lampeda | *lampida | |
inessive | *lambessa *lambehna | *lambissa *lambihna | |
elative | *lambesta | *lambista | |
illative | *lampehen | *lampihen | |
adessive | *lambella | *lambilla | |
ablative | *lambelta | *lambilta | |
allative | *lampelen *lampelek | *lampilen *lampilek | |
essive | *lampena | *lampina | |
translative | *lambeksi | *lambiksi | |
instructive | *lamben | *lambin | |
comitative | *lampenek | *lampinek | |
abessive | *lambetta | *lambitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: lamm
- Finnish: lampi
- Ingrian: lammi
- Karelian: lampi, lambi
- Livvi: lambi
- Ludian: lamb
Further reading
- lamm in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN