kavi

See also: kävi

Faroese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛaːvɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːvɪ
• Homophone: kavið

Noun

kavi m (genitive singular kava, uncountable)

1. snow

Declension

Declension of kavi (singular only)
m1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kavi	kavin
accusative	kava	kavan
dative	kava	kavanum
genitive	kava	kavans

Derived terms

• kavaflykra
• kavablak
• kavabóltur
• kavamaður
• kavahús
• kavabrillur

See also

• snjógvur (poetic)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• कवि (Devanagari script)
• কৰি (Bengali script)
• කවි (Sinhalese script)
• ကဝိ or ၵဝိ (Burmese script)
• กวิ or กะวิ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩅᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ກວິ or ກະວິ (Lao script)
• កវិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑅇𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कवि (kavi).

Noun

kavi m

1. a poet

Declension

Declension table of "kavi" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kavi	kavayo or kavī
Accusative (second)	kaviṃ	kavayo or kavī
Instrumental (third)	kavinā	kavīhi or kavībhi
Dative (fourth)	kavissa or kavino	kavīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kavismā or kavimhā	kavīhi or kavībhi
Genitive (sixth)	kavissa or kavino	kavīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kavismiṃ or kavimhi	kavīsu
Vocative (calling)	kavi	kavayo or kavī

Related terms

• kāveyya (“poetry”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit कपि (kapi). Doublet of kapi with lenited intervocalic stop.

Noun

kavi m

1. Alternative form of kapi (“monkey”)

Declension

Declension table of "kavi" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kavi	kavayo or kavī
Accusative (second)	kaviṃ	kavayo or kavī
Instrumental (third)	kavinā	kavīhi or kavībhi
Dative (fourth)	kavissa or kavino	kavīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kavismā or kavimhā	kavīhi or kavībhi
Genitive (sixth)	kavissa or kavino	kavīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kavismiṃ or kavimhi	kavīsu
Vocative (calling)	kavi	kavayo or kavī

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kauha.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑvi/, [ˈkɑvʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑvi
• Hyphenation: ka‧vi

Noun

kavi

1. scoop, ladle, dipper

Inflection

Declension of kavi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kavi	kavid
genitive	kavi	kavijõ, kavii
partitive	kavvia	kaviitõ, kavii
illative	kavvisõ, kavvi	kaviisõ
inessive	kaviz	kaviiz
elative	kavissõ	kaviissõ
allative	kavilõ	kaviilõ
adessive	kavillõ	kaviillõ
ablative	kaviltõ	kaviiltõ
translative	kavissi	kaviissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kavi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn