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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koovi
 | This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
*koovi
- curlew (birds of the genus Numenius)
Inflection
Inflection of *koovi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *koovi | *koovet | |
| accusative | *kooven | *koovet | |
| genitive | *kooven | *kooveden *kooviden | |
| partitive | *kooveda | *koovida | |
| inessive | *koovessa *koovehna | *koovissa *koovihna | |
| elative | *koovesta | *koovista | |
| illative | *koovehen | *koovihen | |
| adessive | *koovella | *koovilla | |
| ablative | *koovelta | *koovilta | |
| allative | *koovelen *koovelek | *koovilen *koovilek | |
| essive | *koovena | *koovina | |
| translative | *kooveksi | *kooviksi | |
| instructive | *kooven | *koovin | |
| comitative | *koovenek | *koovinek | |
| abessive | *koovetta | *koovitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) koov
- ⇒ Estonian: koovitaja
- Finnish: kuovi
Further reading
- koovitaja in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN