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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajaga

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

*vaja- +‎ *-ga. From the same root as *vajot'ak (cf. Finnish vajota).

Adverb

*vajaga

  1. necessary, needed

Adjective

*vajaga

  1. incomplete, partial

Inflection
Inflection of *vajaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vajaga *vajagat
accusative *vajagan *vajagat
genitive *vajagan *vajagadën
*vajagoidën
partitive *vajagata *vajagoita
inessive *vajagassa
*vajagahna		 *vajagoissa
*vajagoihna
elative *vajagasta *vajagoista
illative *vajagasën *vajagoisën
adessive *vajagalla *vajagoilla
ablative *vajagalta *vajagoilta
allative *vajagalën
*vajagalëk		 *vajagoilën
*vajagoilëk
essive *vajagana *vajagoina
translative *vajagaksi *vajagoiksi
instructive *vajagan *vajagoin
comitative *vajaganëk *vajagoinëk
abessive *vajagatta *vajagoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vaja
  • Finnish: vajaa
    • → Inari Sami: vááijuv
    • → Skolt Sami: väjja
    • → Northern Sami: vádjit
  • Ingrian: vaijaa
  • Karelian: vajoa
  • Livonian: vajāg
  • Livvi: vajai
  • Ludian: vajag
  • Veps: vajag
  • Võro: vajja, vaia
  • Votic: vajja, vajagõ

Further reading
  • “vaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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