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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tulus
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From *tuli + *-us.
Noun
*tulus
- (usually in the plural) fire-making tool
Inflection
Inflection of *tulus
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *tulus | *tulukset | |
accusative | *tuluksen | *tulukset | |
genitive | *tuluksen | *tulusten *tuluksiden | |
partitive | *tulusta | *tuluksita | |
inessive | *tuluksessa | *tuluksissa | |
elative | *tuluksesta | *tuluksista | |
illative | *tuluksesen | *tuluksisen | |
adessive | *tuluksella | *tuluksilla | |
ablative | *tulukselta | *tuluksilta | |
allative | *tulukselen | *tuluksilen | |
essive | *tulussa | *tuluksina | |
translative | *tulukseksi | *tuluksiksi | |
instructive | *tuluksen | *tuluksin | |
comitative | *tulussek | *tuluksinek | |
abessive | *tuluksekta | *tuluksikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: tulused pl, tulus
- Finnish: tulukset pl, (rare) tulus
- Ingrian: tulus
- Karelian: tulukset pl
- Livonian: tulūks
- Livvi: tulukset pl
- Ludian: tuluksed pl
- Veps: tulused pl
- Votic: tuluz, tuluhsõd pl
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “tulus”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN