See also: kovero and Kovero

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kovëra.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkoverɑ/, [ˈkoverə̠]
  • Rhymes: -overɑ
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ve‧rõ

Adjective

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koverõ

  1. crooked, curved, bent

Inflection

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Declension of koverõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koverõ koverõd
genitive kovera koverijõ, koverii
partitive kovera koveriitõ, koverii
illative koverasõ, kovera koveriisõ
inessive koverõz koveriiz
elative koverõssõ koveriissõ
allative koverõlõ koveriilõ
adessive koverõllõ koveriillõ
ablative koverõltõ koveriiltõ
translative koverõssi koveriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kovera”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn