povi
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈpovi/
- Hyphenation: po‧vi
- Rhymes: -ovi
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.
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- 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
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Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.[1] Cognates include Estonian põu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpoʋi]
- Rhymes: -oʋi
- Hyphenation: po‧vi
Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | povin | |
| abessive | povetta | povitta | |
| comitative | — | povineen | |
Derived terms
- poveton
Compounds
- povikuningatar
- povitasku
References
- Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Ido
Veps
Inflection
| Inflection of povi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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