< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kovera
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
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Adjective
*kovera
- crooked, bent, curved
- Synonym: *väärä
Inflection
Inflection of *kovera
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *kovera | *koverat | |
accusative | *koveran | *koverat | |
genitive | *koveran | *koveraden *koveroiden | |
partitive | *koverata | *koveroita | |
inessive | *koverassa | *koveroissa | |
elative | *koverasta | *koveroista | |
illative | *koverasen | *koveroisen | |
adessive | *koveralla | *koveroilla | |
ablative | *koveralta | *koveroilta | |
allative | *koveralek | *koveroilek | |
essive | *koverana | *koveroina | |
translative | *koveraksi | *koveroiksi | |
instructive | *koveran | *koveroin | |
comitative | *koveranek | *koveroinek | |
abessive | *koverakta | *koveroikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: kõver
- Finnish: kovera
- Ingrian: kovveera
- Karelian: kovera
- Livonian: kõʼurõ
- Livvi: kover
- Veps: kover
- Võro: kõvvõr'
- Votic: kovera
Further reading
- kõver in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN