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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kubëh

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 earlier *kupeš, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hupiz.

Noun

*kubëh

  1. groin
  2. side (of a human or an animal)

Inflection
Inflection of *kubëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kubëh *kupëhët
accusative *kupëhën *kupëhët
genitive *kupëhën *kubëhtën
*kupëhidën
partitive *kubëhta *kupëhita
inessive *kupëhëssa
*kupëhëhna		 *kupëhissa
*kupëhihna
elative *kupëhësta *kupëhista
illative *kupëhësën *kupëhisën
adessive *kupëhëlla *kupëhilla
ablative *kupëhëlta *kupëhilta
allative *kupëhëlën
*kupëhëlëk		 *kupëhilën
*kupëhilëk
essive *kupëhëna *kupëhina
translative *kupëhëksi *kupëhiksi
instructive *kupëhën *kupëhin
comitative *kupëhënëk *kupëhinëk
abessive *kupëhëtta *kupëhitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kube
  • Finnish: kuve
  • Ingrian: kuve
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kuveh
    • South Karelian: kuveh
  • Võro: kubõq
  • Votic: (Mati, rare) kuvõ, kupõõ

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