kaveri
See also: Kaveri
Finnish
Etymology
Either a loan from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, boyfriend”), or a blend of kamraati + toveri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋeri/, [ˈkɑʋe̞ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋeri
- Syllabification(key): ka‧ve‧ri
Noun
kaveri
- friend
- Mene leikkimään kavereittesi/kavereidesi kanssa! — “Go play with your friends!”
- (colloquial) dude, bloke, guy, fellow
- Kukas tuo kaveri on? — “Who's that dude?”
Usage notes
- (friend): kaveri expresses a more casual and less intimate friendship than ystävä.
Declension
| Inflection of kaveri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | |
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | |
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | |
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | |
| accusative | nom. | kaveri | kaverit |
| gen. | kaverin | ||
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | |
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | |
| inessive | kaverissa | kavereissa | |
| elative | kaverista | kavereista | |
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | |
| adessive | kaverilla | kavereilla | |
| ablative | kaverilta | kavereilta | |
| allative | kaverille | kavereille | |
| essive | kaverina | kavereina | |
| translative | kaveriksi | kavereiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaverein | |
| abessive | kaveritta | kavereitta | |
| comitative | — | kavereineen | |
| Possessive forms of kaveri (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kaverini | kaverimme |
| 2nd person | kaverisi | kaverinne |
| 3rd person | kaverinsa | |
Synonyms
- (buddy): toveri
Derived terms
- kaverukset
- kaveruus
Compounds
compounds
- kalakaveri
- kaveripiiri
- kirjekaveri
- koulukaveri
- kundikaveri
- kämppäkaveri
- leikkikaveri
- opiskelukaveri
- petikaveri
- poikakaveri
- puhekaveri
- ruotukaveri
- ryyppykaveri
- työkaveri
Related terms
- kaiffari
See also
- toveri
- ystävä
- kaverus