kuovi
Finnish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *koovi, of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with dialectal Estonian koov.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuovi
- curlew
- Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Synonym: isokuovi
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kuovi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuovi | kuovit | |
| genitive | kuovin | kuovien | |
| partitive | kuovia | kuoveja | |
| illative | kuoviin | kuoveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuovi | kuovit | |
| accusative | nom. | kuovi | kuovit |
| gen. | kuovin | ||
| genitive | kuovin | kuovien | |
| partitive | kuovia | kuoveja | |
| inessive | kuovissa | kuoveissa | |
| elative | kuovista | kuoveista | |
| illative | kuoviin | kuoveihin | |
| adessive | kuovilla | kuoveilla | |
| ablative | kuovilta | kuoveilta | |
| allative | kuoville | kuoveille | |
| essive | kuovina | kuoveina | |
| translative | kuoviksi | kuoveiksi | |
| abessive | kuovitta | kuoveitta | |
| instructive | — | kuovein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit](compounds):
Further reading
[edit]- “kuovi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02