kaveri
Finnish
Etymology
Either a loan from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, boyfriend”), or a blend of kamraati + toveri.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ve‧ri
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋeri/
Noun
kaveri
- pal, friend, buddy, mate
- Mene leikkimään kavereittesi kanssa! — “Go play with your pals!”
- dude, bloke
- Kukas tuo kaveri on? — “Who's that dude?”
Declension
| Inflection of kaveri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | |
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | |
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | |
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaveri | kaverit | |
| accusative | nom. | kaveri | kaverit |
| gen. | kaverin | ||
| genitive | kaverin | kaverien kavereiden kavereitten | |
| partitive | kaveria | kavereita kavereja | |
| inessive | kaverissa | kavereissa | |
| elative | kaverista | kavereista | |
| illative | kaveriin | kavereihin | |
| adessive | kaverilla | kavereilla | |
| ablative | kaverilta | kavereilta | |
| allative | kaverille | kavereille | |
| essive | kaverina | kavereina | |
| translative | kaveriksi | kavereiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaverein | |
| abessive | kaveritta | kavereitta | |
| comitative | — | kavereineen | |
Synonyms
- (buddy): toveri
Derived terms
- kaveripiiri
- kaverukset
- kaveruus
- kirjekaveri
- poikakaveri
See also
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