Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koovi

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.

Noun

*koovi

1. curlew (birds of the genus Numenius)

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, ⇒ koovitaja
• Finnish: kuovi
• Võro: kuuv'

Further reading

• “koovitaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012