kohv

Estonian

kohv

Etymology

From Middle Low German koffe, ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkohv/, [ˈkohˑv̥]
Rhymes: -ohv
Hyphenation: kohv

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Noun

kohv (genitive kohvi, partitive kohvi)

coffee

Usage notes

The genitive form kohvi is sometimes mistaken for the nominative form, as most other languages have a second syllable in their respective translations of the word (cf English coffee, Finnish kahvi etc.).

Declension

Declension of kohv (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kohv	kohvid
accusative	nom.	kohv
accusative	gen.	kohvi
genitive		kohvi	kohvide
partitive		kohvi	kohve kohvisid
illative		kohvi kohvisse	kohvidesse kohvesse
inessive		kohvis	kohvides kohves
elative		kohvist	kohvidest kohvest
allative		kohvile	kohvidele kohvele
adessive		kohvil	kohvidel kohvel
ablative		kohvilt	kohvidelt kohvelt
translative		kohviks	kohvideks kohveks
terminative		kohvini	kohvideni
essive		kohvina	kohvidena
abessive		kohvita	kohvideta
comitative		kohviga	kohvidega

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants

→ Ingrian: kohvi

References

kohv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“kohv”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009