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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mahi
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finno-Permic *makša
Noun
*mahi
- rotten wood
Inflection
Inflection of *mahi
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mahi | *mahit | |
accusative | *mahin | *mahit | |
genitive | *mahin | *mahiden *mahejiden | |
partitive | *mahida | *mahejita | |
inessive | *mahissa | *mahejissa | |
elative | *mahista | *mahejista | |
illative | *mahihen | *mahejisen | |
adessive | *mahilla | *mahejilla | |
ablative | *mahilta | *mahejilta | |
allative | *mahilen | *mahejilen | |
essive | *mahina | *mahejina | |
translative | *mahiksi | *mahejiksi | |
instructive | *mahin | *mahejin | |
comitative | *mahinek | *mahejinek | |
abessive | *mahikta | *mahejikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) mahi
- Finnish: (dialectal) mahi
- Ingrian: mahi
- ⇒ Karelian: mahie
Further reading
- Entry #1402 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “mahi”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN