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

  1. a knee
  2. a stifle (joint above the hock on a horse's hind leg and corresponding to the knee)

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

Derived terms

Ido

Noun

polvi

  1. plural of polvo

Ingrian

Noun

polvi

  1. knee

Italian

Noun

polvi f

  1. plural of polve

Anagrams

Karelian

Noun

polvi

  1. knee
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