Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kovëra
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly analyzable as containing the suffix *-ra.
Adjective
edit*kovëra
Inflection
editInflection 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 | ||
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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