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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nila
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńila.
Noun
*nila
- phloem, inner bark
Inflection
Inflection of *nila
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 | *nila | *nilat | |
accusative | *nilan | *nilat | |
genitive | *nilan | *niladen *niloiden | |
partitive | *nilada | *niloida | |
inessive | *nilassa *nilahna | *niloissa *niloihna | |
elative | *nilasta | *niloista | |
illative | *nilahen | *niloihen | |
adessive | *nilalla | *niloilla | |
ablative | *nilalta | *niloilta | |
allative | *nilalen *nilalek | *niloilen *niloilek | |
essive | *nilana | *niloina | |
translative | *nilaksi | *niloiksi | |
instructive | *nilan | *niloin | |
comitative | *nilanek | *niloinek | |
abessive | *nilatta | *niloitta |
Descendants
- ? Estonian: ila ("slobber")
- Finnish: nila
- Karelian: ńila
- Livvi: ńila
- Ludian: ńila
- Veps: ńila
Further reading
- ila in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #626 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.