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