Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kovëra

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

Unknown. Possibly analyzable as containing the suffix *-ra.

Adjective

*kovëra

crooked, bent, curved
Synonym: *väärä

Inflection

Inflection of *kovëra

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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

Estonian: kõver
Finnish: kovera
Ingrian: kovera
Karelian: kovera
Livonian: kõʼurõ
Livvi: kover
Veps: kover
Võro: kõvvõr'
Votic: koverõ