hobu

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Estonian

Etymology

From earlier *hõbu, from Proto-Finnic *hëpo. Cognate to Finnish hepo.

Noun

hobu (genitive hobu, partitive hobu)

  1. (poetic, otherwise only in compounds) horse, equine

Declension

Declension of hobu (type elu)
singular plural
nominative hobu hobud
genitive hobu hobude
partitive hobu hobusid
illative hobusse hobudesse
inessive hobus hobudes
elative hobust hobudest
allative hobule hobudele
adessive hobul hobudel
ablative hobult hobudelt
translative hobuks hobudeks
terminative hobuni hobudeni
essive hobuna hobudena
abessive hobuta hobudeta
comitative hobuga hobudega

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Further reading

  • “hobu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “hobu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • hobu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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