polvi
See also: põlvi
Finnish
(index po)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *polvi, from Proto-Uralic *polwe. Cognate of Estonian põlv and Ter Sami puvvl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpolʋi/
- Hyphenation: pol‧vi
Noun
polvi
- knee
- stifle (joint above the hock on a horse's hind leg and corresponding to the knee)
- hitch (type of knot)
- generation (single step in the succession of natural descent)
- seuraava polvi ― next generation
Declension
| Inflection of polvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | polvi | polvet | |
| genitive | polven | polvien | |
| partitive | polvea | polvia | |
| illative | polveen | polviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | polvi | polvet | |
| accusative | nom. | polvi | polvet |
| gen. | polven | ||
| genitive | polven | polvien | |
| partitive | polvea | polvia | |
| inessive | polvessa | polvissa | |
| elative | polvesta | polvista | |
| illative | polveen | polviin | |
| adessive | polvella | polvilla | |
| ablative | polvelta | polvilta | |
| allative | polvelle | polville | |
| essive | polvena | polvina | |
| translative | polveksi | polviksi | |
| instructive | — | polvin | |
| abessive | polvetta | polvitta | |
| comitative | — | polvineen | |
Synonyms
- jälkipolvi
- kaksoispolvi
- kurjenpolvi
- pihtipolvi
- polvenkorkuinen
- polvenlämmitin
- polviasento
- polviheijaste
- polvi-istunta
- polvijänne
- polvijänneheijaste
- polvihousut
- polvilumpio
- polvinivel
- polvipituinen
- polvipituus
- polvipussi
- polvirefleksi
- polviriipunta
- polvirukous
- polviseisonta
- polvisukka
- polvisuojus
- polvitaive
- polvitila
- polvivamma
- sukupolvi
Synonyms
- (generation): sukupolvi
Derived terms
- nouns: polvarit, polveke
- verbs: polveilla, polveutua, polvistaa, polvistua
- adverbs: polvillaan, polvilleen, polviltaan, -polvinen
Ido
Ingrian
Karelian
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