kovis
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Esperanto[edit]
Verb[edit]
kovis
- past of kovi
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kovis (colloquial)
- tough guy, badass, heavy
- Joukko laitakaupungin koviksia uhkaili häntä.
- A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kovis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kovis | kovikset | ||
genitive | koviksen | kovisten koviksien | ||
partitive | kovista | koviksia | ||
illative | kovikseen | koviksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kovis | kovikset | ||
accusative | nom. | kovis | kovikset | |
gen. | koviksen | |||
genitive | koviksen | kovisten koviksien | ||
partitive | kovista | koviksia | ||
inessive | koviksessa | koviksissa | ||
elative | koviksesta | koviksista | ||
illative | kovikseen | koviksiin | ||
adessive | koviksella | koviksilla | ||
ablative | kovikselta | koviksilta | ||
allative | kovikselle | koviksille | ||
essive | koviksena | koviksina | ||
translative | kovikseksi | koviksiksi | ||
abessive | koviksetta | koviksitta | ||
instructive | — | koviksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kovis”, 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 2023-07-02