< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lülü
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *lelü, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lelew.
Noun
*lülü
- compression wood
Inflection
Inflection of *lülü
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lülü | *lülüt | |
| accusative | *lülün | *lülüt | |
| genitive | *lülün | *lülüden *lülüiden | |
| partitive | *lülüdä | *lülüidä | |
| inessive | *lülüssä | *lülüissä | |
| elative | *lülüstä | *lülüistä | |
| illative | *lülühen | *lülüihen | |
| adessive | *lülüllä | *lülüillä | |
| ablative | *lülültä | *lülüiltä | |
| allative | *lülülek | *lülüilek | |
| essive | *lülünä | *lülüinä | |
| translative | *lülüksi | *lülüiksi | |
| instructive | *lülün | *lülüin | |
| comitative | *lülünek | *lülüinek | |
| abessive | *lülüktä | *lülüiktä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: lüli
- Finnish: lyly
- Ingrian: lyly
- Karelian: lyly
- Livonian: li’ļ
- Livvi: lyly
- Ludian: lülü
- Veps: lülü
- Votic: lülü
Further reading
- lüli in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #473 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.