Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tippa

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

Sound-symbolic.

Noun

*tippa[1]

drop (small amount of liquid)
Synonyms: *pisara, *tilkka

Inflection

Inflection of *tippa

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*tippa	*tip'at
accusative	*tip'an	*tip'at
genitive	*tip'an	tippadën tippoidën
partitive	*tippada	*tippoida
inessive	tip'assa tip'ahna	tip'oissa tip'oihna
elative	*tip'asta	*tip'oista
illative	*tippahën	*tippoihën
adessive	*tip'alla	*tip'oilla
ablative	*tip'alta	*tip'oilta
allative	tippalën tippalëk	tippoilën tippoilëk
essive	*tippana	*tippoina
translative	*tip'aksi	*tip'oiksi
instructive	*tip'an	*tip'oin
comitative	*tippanëk	*tippoinëk
abessive	*tip'atta	*tip'oitta

Derived terms

*tippudak

Descendants

Finnish: tippa
Ingrian: tippa
Karelian:
- North Karelian: tippa
- South Karelian: tippa
Livonian: sipā
Livvi: tippu
Ludian: tipp
Veps: tipp
Võro: ⇒ tsipa

From *tipa:

Estonian: tiba

References

Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ti(p)pa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

“tiba”, 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), “tippa”, 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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[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ti(p)pa”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)