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povi

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pouvoir,

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpovi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ovi
  • Hyphenation: po‧vi

Verb

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povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)

  1. (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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

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  • povi”, in The Simple Dictionary, (Can we date this quote?)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *povi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.[1] Cognates include Estonian põu, Erzya понго (pongo) and Moksha пов (pov).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
  • Rhymes: -oʋi
  • Hyphenation(key): po‧vi

Noun

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povi

  1. bosom, breast
    Synonym: thesaurus:tissi
  2. (fishing) bosom of a seine

Declension

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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.
Possessive forms of povi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative poveni poveni
accusative nom. poveni poveni
gen. poveni
genitive poveni povieni
partitive poveani poviani
inessive povessani povissani
elative povestani povistani
illative poveeni poviini
adessive povellani povillani
ablative poveltani poviltani
allative povelleni povilleni
essive povenani povinani
translative povekseni povikseni
abessive povettani povittani
instructive
comitative povineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative povesi povesi
accusative nom. povesi povesi
gen. povesi
genitive povesi poviesi
partitive poveasi poviasi
inessive povessasi povissasi
elative povestasi povistasi
illative poveesi poviisi
adessive povellasi povillasi
ablative poveltasi poviltasi
allative povellesi povillesi
essive povenasi povinasi
translative poveksesi poviksesi
abessive povettasi povittasi
instructive
comitative povinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative povemme povemme
accusative nom. povemme povemme
gen. povemme
genitive povemme poviemme
partitive poveamme poviamme
inessive povessamme povissamme
elative povestamme povistamme
illative poveemme poviimme
adessive povellamme povillamme
ablative poveltamme poviltamme
allative povellemme povillemme
essive povenamme povinamme
translative poveksemme poviksemme
abessive povettamme povittamme
instructive
comitative povinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative povenne povenne
accusative nom. povenne povenne
gen. povenne
genitive povenne povienne
partitive poveanne povianne
inessive povessanne povissanne
elative povestanne povistanne
illative poveenne poviinne
adessive povellanne povillanne
ablative poveltanne poviltanne
allative povellenne povillenne
essive povenanne povinanne
translative poveksenne poviksenne
abessive povettanne povittanne
instructive
comitative povinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  1. ^ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ido

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Noun

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povi

  1. plural of povo

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *povi. Cognates include Finnish povi and Estonian põu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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povi

  1. (rare) Synonym of seslä

Declension

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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.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 427

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.

Noun

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povi

  1. cattle
  2. beef

Descendants

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  • Tokelauan: povi

Tokelauan

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Nā povi (1.1/1.2).

Etymology

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Borrowed from Samoan povi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.vi/
  • Hyphenation: po‧vi

Noun

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povi

  1. cattle
  2. cow
  3. beef

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 276

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *povi.

Noun

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povi

  1. breast, bosom

Inflection

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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

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “пазуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika