Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jama
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
May be cognate with Proto-Samic *juomē; both are probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yamás (whence Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin”)).[1][2]
Noun
*jama[3]
- joint (point where two things meet)
Inflection
Inflection of *jama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jama | *jamat | |
| accusative | *jaman | *jamat | |
| genitive | *jaman | *jamadën *jamoidën | |
| partitive | *jamada | *jamoida | |
| inessive | *jamassa *jamahna |
*jamoissa *jamoihna | |
| elative | *jamasta | *jamoista | |
| illative | *jamahën | *jamoihën | |
| adessive | *jamalla | *jamoilla | |
| ablative | *jamalta | *jamoilta | |
| allative | *jamalën *jamalëk |
*jamoilën *jamoilëk | |
| essive | *jamana | *jamoina | |
| translative | *jamaksi | *jamoiksi | |
| instructive | *jaman | *jamoin | |
| comitative | *jamanëk | *jamoinëk | |
| abessive | *jamatta | *jamoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: jama (dialectal)
- Finnish: jama
- ⇒ Ingrian: jame
- Karelian: jama
- Võro: jama
- ⇒ Votic: jamo, jamauz
References
- ^ Holopainen, Sampsa (2019), Indo-Iranian borrowings in Uralic: Critical overview of sound substitutions and distribution criterion[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN, pages 101–102
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “jama”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[2] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*jama”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][3] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “jama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012