koivu
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Koivu.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa. Cognates include Estonian kõiv and Erzya килей (kiľej).
Pronunciation
Noun
koivu
- birch (deciduous tree)
Declension
| Inflection of koivu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | koivu | koivut | |
| genitive | koivun | koivujen | |
| partitive | koivua | koivuja | |
| illative | koivuun | koivuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koivu | koivut | |
| accusative | nom. | koivu | koivut |
| gen. | koivun | ||
| genitive | koivun | koivujen | |
| partitive | koivua | koivuja | |
| inessive | koivussa | koivuissa | |
| elative | koivusta | koivuista | |
| illative | koivuun | koivuihin | |
| adessive | koivulla | koivuilla | |
| ablative | koivulta | koivuilta | |
| allative | koivulle | koivuille | |
| essive | koivuna | koivuina | |
| translative | koivuksi | koivuiksi | |
| abessive | koivutta | koivuitta | |
| instructive | — | koivuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- hieskoivu
- juhannuskoivu
- Koijärvi
- Koivuaho
- koivuallergia
- koivufiikus
- Koivuhaka
- koivuhalko
- koivuhapero
- koivuhiiri
- Koivukangas
- koivukasvi
- Koivukoski
- koivukuitu
- koivukuja
- Koivukylä
- Koivulahti
- koivulauta
- Koivulehto
- Koivuluoma
- Koivumaa
- koivumetsikkö
- koivumetsä
- Koivumäki
- Koivuneva
- Koivuniemen herra
- Koivuniemi
- koivuniemi
- koivunkantosieni
- koivunlehti
- koivunlehtohapero
- koivunlehvä
- koivunmahla
- koivunoksa
- koivunpuistohapero
- koivunritva
- koivunrunko
- koivunurpu
- koivunvarpu
- koivupuu
- Koivuranta
- koivurousku
- Koivurova
- Koivusaari
- Koivusalo
- koivuseitikki
- Koivusilta
- koivusokeri
- koivuterva
- koivutukki
- koivuvaltainen
- koivuvaneri
- koivuvihta
- koivuviilu
- koivuvinokas
- koivuvitsa
- koivuvyöhyke
- loimukoivu
- paperikoivu
- pihakoivu
- punakoivu
- rantakoivu
- rauduskoivu
- riippakoivu
- ritvakoivu
- sokerikoivu
- tunturikoivu
- vaivaiskoivu
- vanerikoivu
- vastaskoivu
- vihdaskoivu
- visakoivu
Further reading
- “koivu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa. Cognates include Finnish koivu and Estonian kõiv.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋu/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋu/,
- Rhymes: -oi̯ʋu
- Hyphenation: koi‧vu
Noun
koivu
Declension
| Declension of koivu (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | koivu | koivut |
| genitive | koivun | koivuin, koivuloin |
| partitive | koivua | koivuja, koivuloja |
| illative | koivuu | koivui, koivuloihe |
| inessive | koivuus | koivuis, koivulois |
| elative | koivust | koivuist, koivuloist |
| allative | koivulle | koivuille, koivuloille |
| adessive | koivuul | koivuil, koivuloil |
| ablative | koivult | koivuilt, koivuloilt |
| translative | koivuks | koivuiks, koivuloiks |
| essive | koivunna, koivuun | koivuinna, koivuloinna, koivuin, koivuloin |
| exessive1) | koivunt | koivuint, koivuloint |
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
- (diminutive) koivuin
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “койву”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 683
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 60
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 185
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 77
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.
Noun
koivu (genitive koivun, partitive koivuu)
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.
Pronunciation
Noun
koivu
- birch (tree)
Inflection
| Declension of koivu (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | koivu | koivud |
| genitive | koivu | koivujõ, koivui |
| partitive | koivua | koivuitõ, koivui |
| illative | koivusõ, koivu | koivuisõ |
| inessive | koivuz | koivuiz |
| elative | koivussõ | koivuissõ |
| allative | koivulõ | koivuilõ |
| adessive | koivullõ | koivuillõ |
| ablative | koivultõ | koivuiltõ |
| translative | koivussi | koivuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn