loovve

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loodëh. Cognates include Finnish luode and Estonian loe.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈloːʋːe/, [ˈɫoːʋː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈloːʋːe/, [ˈɫo̝ːʋːe̞]
• Rhymes: -oːʋː, -oːʋːe
• Hyphenation: loov‧ve

Noun

loovve

1. raised sea level in the winter
2. (dated or poetic) Synonym of länspohja (“northwest”)

Declension

Declension of loovve (type 6/lähe, oot-oovv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	loovve	looteet
genitive	looteen	lootein
partitive	loovvetta	looteita
illative	looteesse	looteisse
inessive	lootees	looteis
elative	looteest	looteist
allative	looteelle	looteille
adessive	looteel	looteil
ablative	looteelt	looteilt
translative	looteeks	looteiks
essive	looteenna, looteen	looteinna, lootein
exessive1)	looteent	looteint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 277