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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sama
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *samaz.
Adjective
*sama
- same
Pronoun
*sama
- same
Inflection
Inflection of *sama
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 | *sama | *samat | |
accusative | *saman | *samat | |
genitive | *saman | *samaden *samoiden | |
partitive | *samada | *samoida | |
inessive | *samassa *samahna | *samoissa *samoihna | |
elative | *samasta | *samoista | |
illative | *samahen | *samoihen | |
adessive | *samalla | *samoilla | |
ablative | *samalta | *samoilta | |
allative | *samalen *samalek | *samoilen *samoilek | |
essive | *samana | *samoina | |
translative | *samaksi | *samoiksi | |
instructive | *saman | *samoin | |
comitative | *samanek | *samoinek | |
abessive | *samatta | *samoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: sama
- Finnish: sama
- Ingrian: sama
- Karelian: sama
- Livvi: sama
- Ludian: sama
- Võro: sama
- Votic: sama
Further reading
- sama in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN