Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kovëra
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possibly analyzable as containing the suffix *-ra.
Adjective edit
*kovëra
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kovëra
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kovëra | *kovërat | |
| accusative | *kovëran | *kovërat | |
| genitive | *kovëran | *kovëradën *kovëroidën | |
| partitive | *kovërata | *kovëroita | |
| inessive | *kovërassa *kovërahna |
*kovëroissa *kovëroihna | |
| elative | *kovërasta | *kovëroista | |
| illative | *kovërasën | *kovëroisën | |
| adessive | *kovëralla | *kovëroilla | |
| ablative | *kovëralta | *kovëroilta | |
| allative | *kovëralën *kovëralëk |
*kovëroilën *kovëroilëk | |
| essive | *kovërana | *kovëroina | |
| translative | *kovëraksi | *kovëroiksi | |
| instructive | *kovëran | *kovëroin | |
| comitative | *kovëranëk | *kovëroinëk | |
| abessive | *kovëratta | *kovëroitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: kõver
- Finnish: kovera
- Ingrian: kovera
- Karelian: kovera
- Livonian: kõʼurõ
- Livvi: kover
- Veps: kover
- Võro: kõvvõr'
- Votic: koverõ
Further reading edit
- “kõver”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012