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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasama
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From the root *vaśa- (whence Proto-Samic *vuočētēk) + *-ma. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
*vasama
- blunt-headed arrow
Inflection
Inflection of *vasama
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 | *vasama | *vasamat | |
accusative | *vasaman | *vasamat | |
genitive | *vasaman | *vasamaden *vasamoiden | |
partitive | *vasamata | *vasamoita | |
inessive | *vasamassa *vasamahna | *vasamoissa *vasamoihna | |
elative | *vasamasta | *vasamoista | |
illative | *vasamasen | *vasamoisen | |
adessive | *vasamalla | *vasamoilla | |
ablative | *vasamalta | *vasamoilta | |
allative | *vasamalen *vasamalek | *vasamoilen *vasamoilek | |
essive | *vasamana | *vasamoina | |
translative | *vasamaksi | *vasamoiksi | |
instructive | *vasaman | *vasamoin | |
comitative | *vasamanek | *vasamoinek | |
abessive | *vasamatta | *vasamoitta |
Descendants
- Finnish: vasama
- Karelian: vasama
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vasama”, 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