kohv

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Estonian[edit]

kohv

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German koffe, ultimately from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, coffee).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkohv/, [ˈkohˑv̥]
  • Rhymes: -ohv
  • Hyphenation: kohv
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Noun[edit]

kohv (genitive kohvi, partitive kohvi)

  1. coffee

Usage notes[edit]

The genitive form kohvi is sometimes mistaken for the nominative form, as most other languages have a second syllable in their respective translations of the word (cf English coffee, Finnish kahvi etc.).

Declension[edit]

Declension of kohv (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kohv kohvid
accusative nom.
gen. kohvi
genitive kohvide
partitive kohvi kohve
kohvisid
illative kohvi
kohvisse
kohvidesse
kohvesse
inessive kohvis kohvides
kohves
elative kohvist kohvidest
kohvest
allative kohvile kohvidele
kohvele
adessive kohvil kohvidel
kohvel
ablative kohvilt kohvidelt
kohvelt
translative kohviks kohvideks
kohveks
terminative kohvini kohvideni
essive kohvina kohvidena
abessive kohvita kohvideta
comitative kohviga kohvidega

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ingrian: kohvi

References[edit]

  • kohv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • kohv”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009