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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sapa

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 *stabara- (whence Lithuanian stabaras (“dried branch”) and Latvian stebere (“cow's tail”)).

Noun

*sapa

  1. tail (of an animal)
    Synonym: *häntä

Inflection
Inflection of *sapa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sapa *sabat
accusative *saban *sabat
genitive *saban *sapadën
*sapoidën
partitive *sapada *sapoida
inessive *sabassa
*sabahna		 *saboissa
*saboihna
elative *sabasta *saboista
illative *sapahën *sapoihën
adessive *saballa *saboilla
ablative *sabalta *saboilta
allative *sapalën
*sapalëk		 *sapoilën
*sapoilëk
essive *sapana *sapoina
translative *sabaksi *saboiksi
instructive *saban *saboin
comitative *sapanëk *sapoinëk
abessive *sabatta *saboitta

Descendants

From *sapa:

  • Estonian: saba
  • Finnish: (dialectal) sapa

From *sapara/o:

From *tapara:

  • Livonian: tabār

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