Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hupa

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *šupa.

Adjective

*hupa

1. lean, thin
2. small

Inflection

Inflection of *hupa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*hupa	*hubat
accusative		*huban	*hubat
genitive		*huban	*hupadën *hupëidën
partitive		*hupada	*hupëida
inessive		*hubassa *hubahna	*hubëissa *hubëihna
elative		*hubasta	*hubëista
illative		*hupahën	*hupëihën
adessive		*huballa	*hubëilla
ablative		*hubalta	*hubëilta
allative		*hupalën *hupalëk	*hupëilën *hupëilëk
essive		*hupana	*hupëina
translative		*hubaksi	*hubëiksi
instructive		*huban	*hubëin
comitative		*hupanëk	*hupëinëk
abessive		*hubatta	*hubëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) huba
• Finnish: hupa
  • → Northern Sami: hohpi
• Ingrian: hupa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: hupa
  • South Karelian: huba
• Livvi: huba
• Ludian: huba
• Veps: huba
• Võro: huba

Further reading

• “hubane”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #119 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.