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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/otava
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *woča (“fence, fishweir”). Cognate with Proto-Samic *oacē. The origin of the third syllable *-va is not clear.
Noun
*otava
- fishweir, salmon net
- Big Dipper
Inflection
Inflection of *otava
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *otava | *otavat | |
| accusative | *otavan | *otavat | |
| genitive | *otavan | *otavaden *otavoiden | |
| partitive | *otavata | *otavoita | |
| inessive | *otavassa | *otavoissa | |
| elative | *otavasta | *otavoista | |
| illative | *otavasen | *otavoisen | |
| adessive | *otavalla | *otavoilla | |
| ablative | *otavalta | *otavoilta | |
| allative | *otavalek | *otavoilek | |
| essive | *otavana | *otavoina | |
| translative | *otavaksi | *otavoiksi | |
| instructive | *otavan | *otavoin | |
| comitative | *otavanek | *otavoinek | |
| abessive | *otavakta | *otavoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: odav (dialectal)
- Finnish: otava
- Ingrian: otava, (Soikkola) ottaava
- Karelian: otava (Northern)
- Votic: otava
From *otama:
- ⇒ Estonian: odamus (dialectal)
- Finnish: otama (dialectal)
- Karelian: odama, adama (Southern)
- Livvi: adamu
- Ludian: adam
Further reading
- oda in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1155 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive