kouv

Livonian

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Finnic *kaivo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkouv/, [ˈko̯uˑv]

    Noun

    kouv

    1. well (water source)
    Declension
    Declension of kouv (93)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) kouv kōvõd
    genitive (genitīv) kouv kōvõd
    partitive (partitīv) kouvõ kouvḑi
    dative (datīv) kouvõn kōvõdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) kouvkõks kōvõdõks
    illative (illatīv) kouvõ kōviž
    inessive (inesīv) kouvsõ kōvis
    elative (elatīv) kouvstõ kōvist

    References

    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kouv”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    kouv

    1. obsolete spelling of kouvõ

    References