kavi

See also: kävi

Faroese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛaːvɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːvɪ
  • Homophone: kavið

Noun

kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)

  1. snow

Declension

Declension of kavi (singular only)
m1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative kavi kavin
accusative kava kavan
dative kava kavanum
genitive kava kavans

Derived terms

See also

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun

kavi m

  1. a poet[1]
Declension
  • kāveyya (poetry)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit कपि (kapi). Doublet of kapi with lenited intervocalic stop.

Noun

kavi m

  1. Alternative form of kapi (monkey)[2]
Declension

References

  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kavi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 195.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kauha.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑvi/, [ˈkɑvʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑvi
  • Hyphenation: ka‧vi

Noun

kavi

  1. scoop, ladle, dipper

Inflection

Declension of kavi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kavi kavid
genitive kavi kavijõ, kavii
partitive kavvia kaviitõ, kavii
illative kavvisõ, kavvi kaviisõ
inessive kaviz kaviiz
elative kavissõ kaviissõ
allative kavilõ kaviilõ
adessive kavillõ kaviillõ
ablative kaviltõ kaviiltõ
translative kavissi kaviissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kavi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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