polvi

See also: Polvi and põlvi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *polvi, from Proto-Uralic *polwe. Cognate of Estonian põlv, Ter Sami puvvl, Erzya пуляза (puľaza), кумажа (kumaža)[1] and Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞lʋi]
  • Rhymes: -olʋi
  • Syllabification(key): pol‧vi
  • Hyphenation(key): pol‧vi

Noun

polvi

  1. knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)
  2. stifle (joint above the hock on a horse's hind leg and corresponding to the knee)
  3. (shipbuilding) knee (piece of timber or metal formed with an angle)
  4. (rope) loop (full circle formed by passing the working end over itself)
  5. generation (single step in the succession of natural descent)
    seuraava polvi ― next generation
  6. (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.
Possessive forms of polvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polveni polveni
accusative nom. polveni polveni
gen. polveni
genitive polveni polvieni
partitive polveani polviani
inessive polvessani polvissani
elative polvestani polvistani
illative polveeni polviini
adessive polvellani polvillani
ablative polveltani polviltani
allative polvelleni polvilleni
essive polvenani polvinani
translative polvekseni polvikseni
abessive polvettani polvittani
instructive — —
comitative — polvineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polvesi polvesi
accusative nom. polvesi polvesi
gen. polvesi
genitive polvesi polviesi
partitive polveasi polviasi
inessive polvessasi polvissasi
elative polvestasi polvistasi
illative polveesi polviisi
adessive polvellasi polvillasi
ablative polveltasi polviltasi
allative polvellesi polvillesi
essive polvenasi polvinasi
translative polveksesi polviksesi
abessive polvettasi polvittasi
instructive — —
comitative — polvinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polvemme polvemme
accusative nom. polvemme polvemme
gen. polvemme
genitive polvemme polviemme
partitive polveamme polviamme
inessive polvessamme polvissamme
elative polvestamme polvistamme
illative polveemme polviimme
adessive polvellamme polvillamme
ablative polveltamme polviltamme
allative polvellemme polvillemme
essive polvenamme polvinamme
translative polveksemme polviksemme
abessive polvettamme polvittamme
instructive — —
comitative — polvinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polvenne polvenne
accusative nom. polvenne polvenne
gen. polvenne
genitive polvenne polvienne
partitive polveanne polvianne
inessive polvessanne polvissanne
elative polvestanne polvistanne
illative polveenne polviinne
adessive polvellanne polvillanne
ablative polveltanne polviltanne
allative polvellenne polvillenne
essive polvenanne polvinanne
translative polveksenne polviksenne
abessive polvettanne polvittanne
instructive — —
comitative — polvinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative polvensa polvensa
accusative nom. polvensa polvensa
gen. polvensa
genitive polvensa polviensa
partitive polveaan
polveansa 		polviaan
polviansa
inessive polvessaan
polvessansa 		polvissaan
polvissansa
elative polvestaan
polvestansa 		polvistaan
polvistansa
illative polveensa polviinsa
adessive polvellaan
polvellansa 		polvillaan
polvillansa
ablative polveltaan
polveltansa 		polviltaan
polviltansa
allative polvelleen
polvellensa 		polvilleen
polvillensa
essive polvenaan
polvenansa 		polvinaan
polvinansa
translative polvekseen
polveksensa 		polvikseen
polviksensa
abessive polvettaan
polvettansa 		polvittaan
polvittansa
instructive — —
comitative — polvineen
polvinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

adjectives
  • -polvinen
adverbs
nouns
proper nouns
verbs
compounds

References

  1. ^ http://uralonet.nytud.hu/eintrag.cgi?id_eintrag=791

Further reading

Ido

Noun

polvi

  1. plural of polvo

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *polvi. Cognates include Finnish polvi and Estonian põlv.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞ɫʋʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞ɫʋi]
  • Rhymes: -olʋʲ, -olʋi
  • Hyphenation: pol‧vi

Noun

polvi

  1. knee
  2. generation

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

  1. plural of polve

Anagrams

Karelian

Noun

polvi

  1. knee
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