Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koovi

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*koovi[1]

  1. curlew (birds of the genus Numenius)

Inflection

Inflection of *koovi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *koovi *koovët
accusative *koovën *koovët
genitive *koovën *koovëdën
*koovidën
partitive *koovëda *koovida
inessive *koovëssa
*koovëhna 		*koovissa
*koovihna
elative *koovësta *koovista
illative *koovëhën *koovihën
adessive *koovëlla *koovilla
ablative *koovëlta *koovilta
allative *koovëlën
*koovëlëk 		*koovilën
*koovilëk
essive *koovëna *koovina
translative *koovëksi *kooviksi
instructive *koovën *koovin
comitative *koovënëk *koovinëk
abessive *koovëtta *koovitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) koov, ⇒ koovitaja
  • Finnish: kuovi
  • Võro: kuuv'

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*koovi”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “koovitaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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