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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tilkka
 | This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Sound-symbolic.
Noun
*tilkka
- drop (small amount of liquid)
- Synonym: *pisara
Inflection
Inflection of *tilkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tilkka | *tilk'at | |
| accusative | *tilk'an | *tilk'at | |
| genitive | *tilk'an | *tilkkaden *tilkkoiden | |
| partitive | *tilkkada | *tilkkoida | |
| inessive | *tilk'assa *tilk'ahna | *tilk'oissa *tilk'oihna | |
| elative | *tilk'asta | *tilk'oista | |
| illative | *tilkkahen | *tilkkoihen | |
| adessive | *tilk'alla | *tilk'oilla | |
| ablative | *tilk'alta | *tilk'oilta | |
| allative | *tilkkalen *tilkkalek | *tilkkoilen *tilkkoilek | |
| essive | *tilkkana | *tilkkoina | |
| translative | *tilk'aksi | *tilk'oiksi | |
| instructive | *tilk'an | *tilk'oin | |
| comitative | *tilkkanek | *tilkkoinek | |
| abessive | *tilk'atta | *tilk'oitta | |
Derived terms
- *tilkkudak
Descendants
- Estonian: tilk
- Finnish: tilkka
- Ingrian: tilkka
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: tilkka
- South Karelian: tilkka
- Livonian: tīlka
- Livvi: tilku
- Ludian: tilk
- Võro: tsilk
- Votic: tilkkõ
Further reading
- tilk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tilkka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN