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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kakara

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 sound-symbolic.

Noun

*kakara

  1. lump of dung, dungball
  2. lump, clod

Inflection
Inflection of *kakara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kakara *kakarat
accusative *kakaran *kakarat
genitive *kakaran *kakaradën
*kakaroidën
partitive *kakarata *kakaroita
inessive *kakarassa
*kakarahna		 *kakaroissa
*kakaroihna
elative *kakarasta *kakaroista
illative *kakarasën *kakaroisën
adessive *kakaralla *kakaroilla
ablative *kakaralta *kakaroilta
allative *kakaralën
*kakaralëk		 *kakaroilën
*kakaroilëk
essive *kakarana *kakaroina
translative *kakaraksi *kakaroiksi
instructive *kakaran *kakaroin
comitative *kakaranëk *kakaroinëk
abessive *kakaratta *kakaroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kägar
  • Finnish: kakara
  • Ingrian: kakara
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kakara
    • South Karelian: kagara
  • Livvi: kagaru, ⇒ kagareh
  • Ludian: ⇒ kakark
  • → Proto-Samic: *kākērē (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • “kägar”, 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), “kakara”, 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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