kavio
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kapja, borrowing from Germanic. Cognate to Estonian kabi, Votic kabja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋio/, [ˈkɑʋio̞]
Noun
kavio
- (zoology) hoof (thick keratin covering of the tip of a toe of an ungulate)
- The hoof of an odd-toed ungulate
Usage notes
The word kavio refers in common language to the hoof of an odd-toed ungulate. The hoof of an even-toed ungulate (cloven hoof) is sorkka in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of kavio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kavio | kaviot | |
| genitive | kavion | kavioiden kavioitten | |
| partitive | kaviota | kavioita | |
| illative | kavioon | kavioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kavio | kaviot | |
| accusative | nom. | kavio | kaviot |
| gen. | kavion | ||
| genitive | kavion | kavioiden kavioitten | |
| partitive | kaviota | kavioita | |
| inessive | kaviossa | kavioissa | |
| elative | kaviosta | kavioista | |
| illative | kavioon | kavioihin | |
| adessive | kaviolla | kavioilla | |
| ablative | kaviolta | kavioilta | |
| allative | kaviolle | kavioille | |
| essive | kaviona | kavioina | |
| translative | kavioksi | kavioiksi | |
| instructive | — | kavioin | |
| abessive | kaviotta | kavioitta | |
| comitative | — | kavioineen | |
Derived terms
- kavioeläin
- sorkka- ja kavioeläin
Anagrams
- Kiova, kaivo, kovia, vaiko, vakio