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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapa

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

Unknown.

Noun

*vapa

  1. pole or rack for drying fishnets
  2. fishing rod
    Synonym: *onki

Inflection
Inflection of *vapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vapa *vabat
accusative *vaban *vabat
genitive *vaban *vapadën
*vapoidën
partitive *vapada *vapoida
inessive *vabassa
*vabahna		 *vaboissa
*vaboihna
elative *vabasta *vaboista
illative *vapahën *vapoihën
adessive *vaballa *vaboilla
ablative *vabalta *vaboilta
allative *vapalën
*vapalëk		 *vapoilën
*vapoilëk
essive *vapana *vapoina
translative *vabaksi *vaboiksi
instructive *vaban *vaboin
comitative *vapanëk *vapoinëk
abessive *vabatta *vaboitta

Descendants
  • ⇒ Estonian: vabe, (dialectal) vaba
  • Finnish: vapa
  • Ingrian: vapa
  • Karelian: vapa (Northern), vaba (Southern)
  • Livonian: vabā
  • Võro: vaba

Further reading
  • “vabe”, 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), “vapa”, in 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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