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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nolki
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńolke (“saliva, spittle, snot”). Cognates include Northern Sami snuolga (“snot”) and Hungarian nyál (“saliva”).
Noun
*nolki
- snot
- Synonym: *räkä
- mucus, phlegm
- Synonym: *lima
- saliva, spittle
- Synonym: *sülki
Inflection
Inflection of *nolki
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nolki | *nolget | |
| accusative | *nolgen | *nolget | |
| genitive | *nolgen | *nolkeden *nolkiden | |
| partitive | *nolkeda | *nolkida | |
| inessive | *nolgessa | *nolgissa | |
| elative | *nolgesta | *nolgista | |
| illative | *nolkehen | *nolkihen | |
| adessive | *nolgella | *nolgilla | |
| ablative | *nolgelta | *nolgilta | |
| allative | *nolkelek | *nolkilek | |
| essive | *nolkena | *nolkina | |
| translative | *nolgeksi | *nolgiksi | |
| instructive | *nolgen | *nolgin | |
| comitative | *nolkenek | *nolkinek | |
| abessive | *nolgekta | *nolgikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: nõlg
- Finnish: nolki
- Karelian: ńolki, ńolgi
- Livonian: noļg
- Livvi: ńolgi
- Ludian: ńolg
- Võro: nõlg'
Further reading
- nõlg in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.