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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roiska
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably sound-symbolic.
Noun
*roiska
- whip, birch (punishment device)
Inflection
Inflection of *roiska
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *roiska | *roiskat | |
| accusative | *roiskan | *roiskat | |
| genitive | *roiskan | *roiskaden *roiskeiden | |
| partitive | *roiskada | *roiskeida | |
| inessive | *roiskassa | *roiskeissa | |
| elative | *roiskasta | *roiskeista | |
| illative | *roiskahen | *roiskeihen | |
| adessive | *roiskalla | *roiskeilla | |
| ablative | *roiskalta | *roiskeilta | |
| allative | *roiskalen | *roiskeilen | |
| essive | *roiskana | *roiskeina | |
| translative | *roiskaksi | *roiskeiksi | |
| instructive | *roiskan | *roiskein | |
| comitative | *roiskanek | *roiskeinek | |
| abessive | *roiskakta | *roiskeikta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) roiska
- ⇒ Karelian: roiskata ("to hit, to slap")
- Livonian: rūoiska
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “roiskua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN