pövu

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Veps

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Etymology

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According to Oja (2002), either from or related to Proto-Finnic *pëllava(s). A possible development may have been *pellava > *pellav > *pelv > *peu̟u̟ > *pevu > pövu.

Related to Ludian pövü. The related term Ingrian pövvy might be a borrowing from either of the two languages.

Noun

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pövu

  1. fur coat (coat made out of fur)

Inflection

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Inflection of pövu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. pövu
genitive sing. pövun
partitive sing. pövud
partitive plur. pövuid
singular plural
nominative pövu pövud
accusative pövun pövud
genitive pövun pövuiden
partitive pövud pövuid
essive-instructive pövun pövuin
translative pövuks pövuikš
inessive pövus pövuiš
elative pövuspäi pövuišpäi
illative pövuhu pövuihe
adessive pövul pövuil
ablative pövulpäi pövuilpäi
allative pövule pövuile
abessive pövuta pövuita
comitative pövunke pövuidenke
prolative pövudme pövuidme
approximative I pövunno pövuidenno
approximative II pövunnoks pövuidennoks
egressive pövunnopäi pövuidennopäi
terminative I pövuhusai pövuihesai
terminative II pövulesai pövuilesai
terminative III pövussai
additive I pövuhupäi pövuihepäi
additive II pövulepäi pövuilepäi

References

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  • Vilja Oja (2002) “Minkä takia pellava on pellava? [Why is flax called pellava?]”, in Virittäjä, volume 106, number 3, pages 375-384
  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “шуба”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika