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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koovi
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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
Onomatopoeic.
Inflection
Inflection of *koovi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koovi | *koovët | |
| accusative | *koovën | *koovët | |
| genitive | *koovën | *koovëdën *koovidën | |
| partitive | *koovëda | *koovida | |
| inessive | *koovëssa *koovëhna |
*koovissa *koovihna | |
| elative | *koovësta | *koovista | |
| illative | *koovëhën | *koovihën | |
| adessive | *koovëlla | *koovilla | |
| ablative | *koovëlta | *koovilta | |
| allative | *koovëlën *koovëlëk |
*koovilën *koovilëk | |
| essive | *koovëna | *koovina | |
| translative | *koovëksi | *kooviksi | |
| instructive | *koovën | *koovin | |
| comitative | *koovënëk | *koovinëk | |
| abessive | *koovëtta | *koovitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) koov
- ⇒ Estonian: koovitaja
- Finnish: kuovi
Further reading
- “koovitaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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