povi
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Nā povi (1.1/1.2).
Esperanto
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Verb
povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)
- (intransitive) to be able to; can
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- Only very few of us could come to your country, because we, Esperantists, are not rich people.
- Mi povas piediri. ― I can walk.
- Synonym: kapabli
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
Conjugation
Conjugation of povi
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe. Cognates include Estonian põu, Erzya понго (pongo) and Moksha пов (pov).
Pronunciation
Noun
povi
Declension
| Inflection of povi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | povi | povet | ||
| genitive | poven | povien | ||
| partitive | povea | povia | ||
| illative | poveen | poviin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | povi | povet | ||
| accusative | nom. | povi | povet | |
| gen. | poven | |||
| genitive | poven | povien | ||
| partitive | povea | povia | ||
| inessive | povessa | povissa | ||
| elative | povesta | povista | ||
| illative | poveen | poviin | ||
| adessive | povella | povilla | ||
| ablative | povelta | povilta | ||
| allative | povelle | poville | ||
| essive | povena | povina | ||
| translative | poveksi | poviksi | ||
| abessive | povetta | povitta | ||
| instructive | — | povin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- “povi”, 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
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
povi
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi. Cognates include Finnish povi and Estonian põu.
Pronunciation
Noun
povi
Declension
| Declension of povi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | povi | povet |
| genitive | poven | povviin, poviloin |
| partitive | povvia | povija, poviloja |
| illative | povvee | povvii, poviloihe |
| inessive | poves | povis, povilois |
| elative | povest | povist, poviloist |
| allative | povelle | poville, poviloille |
| adessive | povel | povil, poviloil |
| ablative | povelt | povilt, poviloilt |
| translative | poveks | poviks, poviloiks |
| essive | povenna, povveen | povinna, poviloinna, povviin, poviloin |
| exessive1) | povent | povint, poviloint |
| 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. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 427
Samoan
Etymology
From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.
Noun
povi
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: povi
Tokelauan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
povi
References
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi.
Noun
povi
Inflection
| Inflection of povi (inflection type 3/kivi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | povi | ||
| genitive sing. | poven | ||
| partitive sing. | poved | ||
| partitive plur. | povid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | povi | poved | |
| accusative | poven | poved | |
| genitive | poven | poviden | |
| partitive | poved | povid | |
| essive-instructive | poven | povin | |
| translative | poveks | povikš | |
| inessive | poves | poviš | |
| elative | povespäi | povišpäi | |
| illative | povehe | povihe | |
| adessive | povel | povil | |
| ablative | povelpäi | povilpäi | |
| allative | povele | povile | |
| abessive | poveta | povita | |
| comitative | povenke | povidenke | |
| prolative | povedme | povidme | |
| approximative I | povenno | povidenno | |
| approximative II | povennoks | povidennoks | |
| egressive | povennopäi | povidennopäi | |
| terminative I | povehesai | povihesai | |
| terminative II | povelesai | povilesai | |
| terminative III | povessai | — | |
| additive I | povehepäi | povihepäi | |
| additive II | povelepäi | povilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “пазуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika