< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tipa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably originally an interjection used to attract a hen or chicken.
Noun
*tipa
- chick, young chicken
Inflection
Inflection of *tipa
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 | *tipa | *tibat | |
accusative | *tiban | *tibat | |
genitive | *tiban | *tipaden *tipoiden | |
partitive | *tipada | *tipoida | |
inessive | *tibassa *tibahna | *tiboissa *tiboihna | |
elative | *tibasta | *tiboista | |
illative | *tipahen | *tipoihen | |
adessive | *tiballa | *tiboilla | |
ablative | *tibalta | *tiboilta | |
allative | *tipalen *tipalek | *tipoilen *tipoilek | |
essive | *tipana | *tipoina | |
translative | *tibaksi | *tiboiksi | |
instructive | *tiban | *tiboin | |
comitative | *tipanek | *tipoinek | |
abessive | *tibatta | *tiboitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: tipa (dialectal)
- Karelian: tipa
- Livonian: tibā, tšibā
- Livvi: tipa
From *tipu:
- Estonian: tibu
- Finnish: tipu
- Ingrian: tipu
- Karelian: tipu
- ⇒ Ludian: tipušk
- Veps: tipu
- Votic: (Jõgõperä) tipu
- Kukkuzi: cipu
From *tipi:
- Finnish: tipi (dialectal)
- Võro: tibi
From *tipo:
- Finnish: tipo (dialectal)
- Võro: tibo
Further reading
- tibu in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tipu”, 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