povi
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
povi (present povas, past povis, future povos, conditional povus, volitive povu)
- (intransitive) to be able to; can
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- Only very few of us could come to your country, because we, Esperantists, are not rich people.
- Nur tre malmultaj el ni povis veni en vian landon, ĉar ni, esperantistoj, ne estas homoj riĉaj.
- Mi povas piediri. ― I can walk.
- Synonym: kapabli
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the sixth World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C.:
Conjugation
Conjugation of povi
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Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe.[1] Cognates include Estonian põu.
Pronunciation
Noun
povi
Declension
Inflection of povi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | povi | povet | ||
genitive | poven | povien | ||
partitive | povea | povia | ||
illative | poveen | poviin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | povi | povet | ||
accusative | nom. | povi | povet | |
gen. | poven | |||
genitive | poven | povien | ||
partitive | povea | povia | ||
inessive | povessa | povissa | ||
elative | povesta | povista | ||
illative | poveen | poviin | ||
adessive | povella | povilla | ||
ablative | povelta | povilta | ||
allative | povelle | poville | ||
essive | povena | povina | ||
translative | poveksi | poviksi | ||
abessive | povetta | povitta | ||
instructive | — | povin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Compounds
References
- ^ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
povi
Samoan
Etymology
From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.
Noun
povi
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish povi.
Noun
povi
Inflection
References
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