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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tapa

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dabāˀ (whence Latvian daba, Lithuanian daba). Comparisons with Germanic have also been proposed.

Noun

*tapa[1]

  1. way, custom
  2. nature

Inflection
Inflection of *tapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tapa *tabat
accusative *taban *tabat
genitive *taban *tapadën
*tapoidën
partitive *tapada *tapoida
inessive *tabassa
*tabahna		 *taboissa
*taboihna
elative *tabasta *taboista
illative *tapahën *tapoihën
adessive *taballa *taboilla
ablative *tabalta *taboilta
allative *tapalën
*tapalëk		 *tapoilën
*tapoilëk
essive *tapana *tapoina
translative *tabaksi *taboiksi
instructive *taban *taboin
comitative *tapanëk *tapoinëk
abessive *tabatta *taboitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tava
  • Finnish: tapa
    • → Southern Sami: daepie
    • → Lule Sami: dáhpe
    • → Northern Sami: dáhpi
    • → Inari Sami: tääpi
  • Ingrian: tapa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: tapa
    • South Karelian: taba
  • Livonian: dabā
  • Livvi: taba
  • Ludian: taba
  • Veps: taba
  • Votic: tapa

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*tapa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “tava”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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