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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/mattadak
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly a cognate with Proto-Samic *muottētēk, but this is uncertain due to the semantic difference.
Verb
*mattadak
- to cover
- Synonym: *peittädäk
Inflection
Inflection of *mattadak
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *mat'an | *mat'oin | — | *mattagon |
| 2nd sing. | *mat'at | *mat'oit | *mat'ak | *mattagos |
| 3rd sing. | *mattabi *matta | *mattoi | *mattagasen | *mattagosen |
| 1st plur. | *mat'akmek *mat'akmak | *mattoimek *mattoimak | *mattagatemek *mattagatamak | *mattagotemek *mattagotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *mat'aktek *mat'aktak | *mattoidek *mattoidak | *mattagate *mattagata | *mattagot'ek *mattagotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *mattabat *matta | *mattoi | *mattagasen | *mattagosen |
| passive | *mat'aksen | *mattadisen *mat'attisen | *mattadakahen *mat'attakahen | *mattadakohen *mat'attakohen |
| connegative | *mat'ak | — | *mattagak | *mattagok |
| passive connegative | *mat'aktak | — | *mattadagak *mat'attagak | *mattadagok *mat'attagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *mat'akcin | *mattoicin | *mattanen | |
| 2nd sing. | *mat'akcit | *mattoicit | *mattanet | |
| 3rd sing. | *mat'akci | *mattoici | *mattani | |
| 1st plur. | *mat'akcimek *mat'akcimak | *mattoicimek *mattoicimak | *mattanemek *mattanemak | |
| 2nd plur. | *mat'akcidek *mat'akcidak | *mattoicidek *mattoicidak | *mattanedek *mattanedak | |
| 3rd plur. | *mat'akci | *mattoici | *mattani | |
| passive | *mattadakcihen *mat'at'akcihen | *mattadicihen *mat'atticihen | *mattadanehen *mat'attanehen | |
| connegative | *mat'akcik | *mattoicik | *mattanek | |
| passive connegative | *mattadakcik *mat'at'akcik | *mattadicik *mat'atticik | *mattadanek *mat'attanek | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *mattadak | present | *mattaba | *mattadapa *mat'attapa |
| infinitive 2 | *mattade- | past | *mattanut | *mattadu *mat'attu |
| gerund/supine | *mattama | |||
| action noun | *mattaminen | |||
Derived terms
- *matto (“ceiling”)
- Finnish:(dialectal) matto
- Karelian: matto
Descendants
- Estonian: matma/matta
- Livonian: mattõ
- Võro: matma/mattaq
- Votic: mattaa
Further reading
- matma in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “matto”, 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