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povi
povi
Esperanto
Verb
povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)
- 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.
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- Mi povas flugi.
- I can fly.
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
Conjugation
Conjugation of povi
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Derived terms
- pova
- povo
- povoscii
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?].[1] Cognates include Estonian põu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpoʋi]
- Rhymes: -oʋi
- Hyphenation: po‧vi
Noun
povi
Declension
Inflection of povi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
instructive | — | povin | |
abessive | povetta | povitta | |
comitative | — | povineen |
Derived terms
- poveton
Compounds
- povikuningatar
- povitasku
Anagrams
References
- ↑ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish povi.
Noun
povi
Inflection
Inflection of povi | |||
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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 | ? | 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 | ? | povihesai | |
terminative II | povelesai | povilesai | |
terminative III | povessai | — | |
additive I | ? | povihepäi | |
additive II | povelepäi | povilepäi |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пазуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika