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Finnish
Pronunciation
Adverb
kovin
- (not) very, really, so
Se ei ollut kovin hyvä elokuva.- It was not a very good movie.
Hän oli kovin surullinen.- She was so sad.
Adjective
kovin
- superlative degree of kova
Declension
Adjective
kovin
- instructive plural of kova
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Ingrian
Etymology
Instructive of kova (“strong”). Akin to Finnish kovin.
Pronunciation
Adverb
kovin
- really, truly
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.- I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, like we were blind, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 200