Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kurja
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably related to *kura (“left”).
Adjective[edit]
*kurja
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *kurja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurja | *kurjat | |
| accusative | *kurjan | *kurjat | |
| genitive | *kurjan | *kurjadën *kurjëidën | |
| partitive | *kurjada | *kurjëida | |
| inessive | *kurjassa *kurjahna |
*kurjëissa *kurjëihna | |
| elative | *kurjasta | *kurjëista | |
| illative | *kurjahën | *kurjëihën | |
| adessive | *kurjalla | *kurjëilla | |
| ablative | *kurjalta | *kurjëilta | |
| allative | *kurjalën *kurjalëk |
*kurjëilën *kurjëilëk | |
| essive | *kurjana | *kurjëina | |
| translative | *kurjaksi | *kurjëiksi | |
| instructive | *kurjan | *kurjëin | |
| comitative | *kurjanëk | *kurjëinëk | |
| abessive | *kurjatta | *kurjëitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: kuri
- Finnish: kurja
- Ingrian: kurja
- Karelian: kurja
- Livonian:
- Livvi: kurju
- ⇒ Ludian: kurd'aine
- Võro: kuri
- Votic: kurjõ
Further reading[edit]
- “kuri”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012