From Proto-Finnic *kahva. Related to Karelian kahva, Livvi kahvu and possibly Ludian kahv.
kahva
| Inflection of kahva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kahva | kahvat | |
| genitive | kahvan | kahvojen | |
| partitive | kahvaa | kahvoja | |
| illative | kahvaan | kahvoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kahva | kahvat | |
| accusative | nom. | kahva | kahvat |
| gen. | kahvan | ||
| genitive | kahvan | kahvojen kahvain rare | |
| partitive | kahvaa | kahvoja | |
| inessive | kahvassa | kahvoissa | |
| elative | kahvasta | kahvoista | |
| illative | kahvaan | kahvoihin | |
| adessive | kahvalla | kahvoilla | |
| ablative | kahvalta | kahvoilta | |
| allative | kahvalle | kahvoille | |
| essive | kahvana | kahvoina | |
| translative | kahvaksi | kahvoiksi | |
| abessive | kahvatta | kahvoitta | |
| instructive | — | kahvoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).
kahva f (Cyrillic spelling кахва)