polvi
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *polvi, from Proto-Uralic *polwe. Cognate of Estonian põlv, Ter Sami puvvl, Erzya пуляза (puľaza), куманжа (kumanža)[1] and Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža).
Pronunciation
Noun
polvi
- knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)
- stifle (joint above the hock on a horse's hind leg and corresponding to the knee)
- (shipbuilding) knee (piece of timber or metal formed with an angle)
- (rope) loop (full circle formed by passing the working end over itself)
- generation (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- seuraava polvi ― next generation
- (prosody) foot (unit of rhythm)
- nelipolvinen trokee ― trochaic tetrameter
Declension
| Inflection of polvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polvi | polvet | |
| genitive | polven | polvien | |
| partitive | polvea | polvia | |
| illative | polveen | polviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polvi | polvet | |
| accusative | nom. | polvi | polvet |
| gen. | polven | ||
| genitive | polven | polvien | |
| partitive | polvea | polvia | |
| inessive | polvessa | polvissa | |
| elative | polvesta | polvista | |
| illative | polveen | polviin | |
| adessive | polvella | polvilla | |
| ablative | polvelta | polvilta | |
| allative | polvelle | polville | |
| essive | polvena | polvina | |
| translative | polveksi | polviksi | |
| abessive | polvetta | polvitta | |
| instructive | — | polvin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (generation): sukupolvi
Derived terms
- esipolvi
- etupolvinivel
- housunpolvi
- ikäpolvi
- itiöpolvi
- Joenpolvi
- joenpolvi
- jälkipolvi
- kaksoispolvi
- kantapää-polvikoe
- kurjenpolvi
- meksikonpunapolvitarantula
- miespolvi
- monipolvinen
- nykypolvi
- pattipolvi
- pihtipolvi
- polvenkorkuinen
- polvenlämmitin
- polviartroosi
- polviasento
- polvibursiitti
- polviheijaste
- polvihousut
- polvi-istunta
- polvijänne
- polvijänneheijaste
- Polvijärvi
- polvilumpio
- polvinivel
- polviorsi
- polvipituinen
- polvipituus
- polvipussi
- polvirefleksi
- polviriipunta
- polvirukous
- polviseisonta
- polvisukka
- polvisuoja
- polvisuojus
- polvitaive
- polvitaklaus
- polvitila
- polvitumake
- polvivamma
- puolipolveen
- runopolvi
- sukupolvi
- takapolvi
adverbs
nouns
proper nouns
verbs
References
Further reading
- “polvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Ido
Noun
polvi
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *polvi. Cognates include Finnish polvi and Estonian põlv.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/,
- Rhymes: -olʋʲ, -olʋi
- Hyphenation: pol‧vi
Noun
polvi
Declension
| Declension of polvi (type 5/lehti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | polvi | polvet |
| genitive | polven | polviin, polviloin |
| partitive | polvia | polvija, polviloja |
| illative | polvee | polvii, polviloihe |
| inessive | polvees | polviis, polvilois |
| elative | polvest | polvist, polviloist |
| allative | polvelle | polville, polviloille |
| adessive | polveel | polviil, polviloil |
| ablative | polvelt | polvilt, polviloilt |
| translative | polveks | polviks, polviloiks |
| essive | polvenna, polveen | polvinna, polviloinna, polviin, polviloin |
| exessive1) | polvent | polvint, polviloint |
| 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
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 423
Italian
Noun
polvi f
Anagrams
Karelian
Noun
polvi