Unknown. Related to Ingrian alve and possibly Karelian almeh.
alve
| Inflection of alve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alve | alveet | |
| genitive | alveen | alveiden alveitten | |
| partitive | alvetta | alveita | |
| illative | alveeseen | alveisiin alveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | alve | alveet | |
| accusative | nom. | alve | alveet |
| gen. | alveen | ||
| genitive | alveen | alveiden alveitten | |
| partitive | alvetta | alveita | |
| inessive | alveessa | alveissa | |
| elative | alveesta | alveista | |
| illative | alveeseen | alveisiin alveihin | |
| adessive | alveella | alveilla | |
| ablative | alveelta | alveilta | |
| allative | alveelle | alveille | |
| essive | alveena | alveina | |
| translative | alveeksi | alveiksi | |
| abessive | alveetta | alveitta | |
| instructive | — | alvein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
alve
| Declension of alve (type 6/lähe, p-v gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | alve | alpeet |
| genitive | alpeen | alpein |
| partitive | alvetta | alpeita |
| illative | alpeesse | alpeisse |
| inessive | alpees | alpeis |
| elative | alpeest | alpeist |
| allative | alpeelle | alpeille |
| adessive | alpeel | alpeil |
| ablative | alpeelt | alpeilt |
| translative | alpeeks | alpeiks |
| essive | alpeenna, alpeen | alpeinna, alpein |
| exessive1) | alpeent | alpeint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
alve
alve
| < 10 | 11 | 12 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : alve | ||
From Old Frisian andlova, from Proto-Germanic *ainalif, a compound of *ainaz and *-lif.
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