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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kovëra

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

Unknown. Possibly analyzable as containing the suffix *-ra.

Adjective

*kovëra

  1. crooked, bent, curved
    Synonym: *väärä

Inflection
Inflection of *kovëra
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kovëra *kovërat
accusative *kovëran *kovërat
genitive *kovëran *kovëradën
*kovëroidën
partitive *kovërata *kovëroita
inessive *kovërassa
*kovërahna		 *kovëroissa
*kovëroihna
elative *kovërasta *kovëroista
illative *kovërasën *kovëroisën
adessive *kovëralla *kovëroilla
ablative *kovëralta *kovëroilta
allative *kovëralën
*kovëralëk		 *kovëroilën
*kovëroilëk
essive *kovërana *kovëroina
translative *kovëraksi *kovëroiksi
instructive *kovëran *kovëroin
comitative *kovëranëk *kovëroinëk
abessive *kovëratta *kovëroitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: kõver
  • Finnish: kovera
  • Ingrian: kovera
  • Karelian: kovera
  • Livonian: kõʼurõ
  • Livvi: kover
  • Veps: kover
  • Võro: kõvvõr'
  • Votic: koverõ

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