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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kives

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

From *kive +‎ *-s.

Noun

*kives (Northern Finnic)

  1. stone inside birchbark, used as weight for a fishnet or a seine.

Inflection
Inflection of *kives
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kives *kivekset
accusative *kiveksen *kivekset
genitive *kiveksen *kivesten
*kiveksiden
partitive *kivestä *kiveksitä
inessive *kiveksessä
*kiveksehnä		 *kiveksissä
*kiveksihnä
elative *kiveksestä *kiveksistä
illative *kiveksesen *kiveksisen
adessive *kiveksellä *kiveksillä
ablative *kivekseltä *kiveksiltä
allative *kivekselen
*kivekselek		 *kiveksilen
*kiveksilek
essive *kivessä *kiveksinä
translative *kivekseksi *kiveksiksi
instructive *kiveksen *kiveksin
comitative *kivessek *kiveksinek
abessive *kiveksettä *kiveksittä

Descendants
  • Finnish: kives
  • Ingrian: kives
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: kives
  • Ludian: kivez
  • Veps: kivez

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kivi”, 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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