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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tumeda
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from the same root as *tumma + *-eda. Possibly ultimately borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Faroese stummur (“pitch-black”)), or alternatively from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian tumšs).
Adjective
*tumeda
- dark
- gloomy
Inflection
Inflection of *tumeda
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *tumeda | *tumedat | |
accusative | *tumedan | *tumedat | |
genitive | *tumedan | *tumedaden *tumedoiden | |
partitive | *tumedata | *tumedoita | |
inessive | *tumedassa | *tumedoissa | |
elative | *tumedasta | *tumedoista | |
illative | *tumedasen | *tumedoisen | |
adessive | *tumedalla | *tumedoilla | |
ablative | *tumedalta | *tumedoilta | |
allative | *tumedalek | *tumedoilek | |
essive | *tumedana | *tumedoina | |
translative | *tumedaksi | *tumedoiksi | |
instructive | *tumedan | *tumedoin | |
comitative | *tumedanek | *tumedoinek | |
abessive | *tumedakta | *tumedoikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: tume
- Finnish: tumea (dialectal)
- Karelian: tumie
- Livvi: tumei
- Võro: tummõ
- Votic: tuma
Further reading
- tume in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN