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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/turpa

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 1

From Proto-Finno-Permic *turpa.

Noun

*turpa

  1. muzzle (part of animal's head)

Inflection
Inflection of *turpa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *turpa *turbat
accusative *turban *turbat
genitive *turban *turpadën
*turpëidën
partitive *turpada *turpëida
inessive *turbassa
*turbahna		 *turbëissa
*turbëihna
elative *turbasta *turbëista
illative *turpahën *turpëihën
adessive *turballa *turbëilla
ablative *turbalta *turbëilta
allative *turpalën
*turpalëk		 *turpëilën
*turpëilëk
essive *turpana *turpëina
translative *turbaksi *turbëiksi
instructive *turban *turbëin
comitative *turpanëk *turpëinëk
abessive *turbatta *turbëitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: turpa
    • →? Northern Sami: [Term?] (ᴛu̮rᵘ̮ᴘᴘᴱ̬) (dialectal)
    • →? Inari Sami: turbe
    • →? Skolt Sami: tuʹrbb
    • →? Kildin Sami: туррьп (turr’p)
    • →? Ter Sami: [Term?] (turpä)
  • Karelian: (Northern) turpa, (Southern) turba
  • Livvi: turbu
  • Ludian: turb
  • Veps: turb

Etymology 2

Possibly from the same root as Etymology 1.

Noun

*turpa

  1. European chub (Squalius cephalus)
Inflection
Inflection of *turpa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *turpa *turbat
accusative *turban *turbat
genitive *turban *turpadën
*turpëidën
partitive *turpada *turpëida
inessive *turbassa
*turbahna		 *turbëissa
*turbëihna
elative *turbasta *turbëista
illative *turpahën *turpëihën
adessive *turballa *turbëilla
ablative *turbalta *turbëilta
allative *turpalën
*turpalëk		 *turpëilën
*turpëilëk
essive *turpana *turpëina
translative *turbaksi *turbëiksi
instructive *turban *turbëin
comitative *turpanëk *turpëinëk
abessive *turbatta *turbëitta
Descendants
  • Estonian: turb
  • Finnish: turpa
  • ⇒ Ingrian: turpikka
  • Livonian: dūrba, tūrba ("zope; Ballerus ballerus")
  • Võro: turd
  • ⇒ Votic: turpõkkõ

Further reading
  • “turb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1658 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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