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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korva. Cognate with Finnish korva.
Pronunciation
Noun
kõrv (genitive kõrva, partitive kõrva)
- (anatomy) ear
Declension
Declension of kõrv (type
õrn)
Further reading
- “kõrv”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “kõrv”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “kõrv”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- kõrv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korva.
Noun
kõrv (genitive kõrva, partitive kõrva)
- ear
- handle (of a cup or pot)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.