Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cirkka
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Proto-Finnic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic origin. Compare similar *cirkku and Komi-Zyrian чирк (ćirk).
Noun[edit]
*cirkka
- grasshopper (insect of the family Orthoptera)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *cirkka
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 | *cirkka | *cirk'at | |
accusative | *cirk'an | *cirk'at | |
genitive | *cirk'an | *cirkkadën *cirkkoidën | |
partitive | *cirkkada | *cirkkoida | |
inessive | *cirk'assa *cirk'ahna |
*cirk'oissa *cirk'oihna | |
elative | *cirk'asta | *cirk'oista | |
illative | *cirkkahën | *cirkkoihën | |
adessive | *cirk'alla | *cirk'oilla | |
ablative | *cirk'alta | *cirk'oilta | |
allative | *cirkkalën *cirkkalëk |
*cirkkoilën *cirkkoilëk | |
essive | *cirkkana | *cirkkoina | |
translative | *cirk'aksi | *cirk'oiksi | |
instructive | *cirk'an | *cirk'oin | |
comitative | *cirkkanëk | *cirkkoinëk | |
abessive | *cirk'atta | *cirk'oitta |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: (dialectal) sirk
- Finnish: sirkka
- Ingrian: serkka
- Karelian: čirkka
- Livvi: čirku
- Ludian: čirk
- Veps: čirk
- Votic: (Kattila) širkkõ