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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lumbëh

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lugmis (whence Lithuanian lugmiai (“water lily”)).

Noun

*lumbëh[1]

  1. water lily (Nymphaea)
  2. yellow pond lily (Nuphar lutea)

Inflection
Inflection of *lumbëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *lumbëh *lumpëhët
accusative *lumpëhën *lumpëhët
genitive *lumpëhën *lumbëhtën
*lumpëhidën
partitive *lumbëhta *lumpëhita
inessive *lumpëhëssa
*lumpëhëhna		 *lumpëhissa
*lumpëhihna
elative *lumpëhësta *lumpëhista
illative *lumpëhësën *lumpëhisën
adessive *lumpëhëlla *lumpëhilla
ablative *lumpëhëlta *lumpëhilta
allative *lumpëhëlën
*lumpëhëlëk		 *lumpëhilën
*lumpëhilëk
essive *lumpëhëna *lumpëhina
translative *lumpëhëksi *lumpëhiksi
instructive *lumpëhën *lumpëhin
comitative *lumpëhënëk *lumpëhinëk
abessive *lumpëhëtta *lumpëhitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: lumme
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: lummeh
    • South Karelian: lummeh
  • Võro: lymmu- (in compound: lymmuleht')

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*lumbëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

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