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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)
- (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
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
Conjugation
Conjugation of povi
present | past | future | |||||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
tense | povas | povis | povos | ||||
active participle | povanta | povantaj | povinta | povintaj | povonta | povontaj | |
acc. | povantan | povantajn | povintan | povintajn | povontan | povontajn | |
nominal active participle | povanto | povantoj | povinto | povintoj | povonto | povontoj | |
acc. | povanton | povantojn | povinton | povintojn | povonton | povontojn | |
adverbial active participle | povante | povinte | povonte |
infinitive | povi | imperative | povu | conditional | povus |
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Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Further reading
- “povi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
- “pov”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary], 1997
- “povi”, in The Simple Dictionary, (Can we date this quote?)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.[1] Cognates include Estonian põu, Erzya понго (pongo) and Moksha пов (pov).
Pronunciation
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 | |
abessive | povetta | povitta | |
instructive | — | povin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- “povi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
povi
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi. Cognates include Finnish povi and Estonian põu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
- Rhymes: -oʋi
- Hyphenation: po‧vi
Noun
povi
Declension
Declension of povi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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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
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 427
Samoan
Etymology
From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.
Noun
povi
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: povi
Tokelauan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
povi
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 276
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *povi.
Noun
povi
Inflection
Inflection of povi (inflection type 3/kivi) | |||
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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 | 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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