Either a loan from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, boyfriend”), or a blend of kamraati + toveri.
kaveri
| Inflection of kaveri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | ||
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | ||
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | ||
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | ||
| accusative | nom. | kaveri | kaverit | |
| gen. | kaverin | |||
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | ||
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | ||
| inessive | kaverissa | kavereissa | ||
| elative | kaverista | kavereista | ||
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | ||
| adessive | kaverilla | kavereilla | ||
| ablative | kaverilta | kavereilta | ||
| allative | kaverille | kavereille | ||
| essive | kaverina | kavereina | ||
| translative | kaveriksi | kavereiksi | ||
| abessive | kaveritta | kavereitta | ||
| instructive | — | kaverein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||