korva

See also: kõrva

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korva, from Proto-Uralic. Cognates include Estonian kõrv.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkorʋɑ/, [ˈko̞rʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -orʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kor‧va

Noun

korva

  1. ear
  2. (archaic, dialectal) edge, border
    kevään korvalla / kevään korvillaon the brink of spring, in early spring
  3. handle, especially of a drinking cup, mug or similar

Declension

Inflection of korva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative korva korvat
genitive korvan korvien
partitive korvaa korvia
illative korvaan korviin
singular plural
nominative korva korvat
accusative nom. korva korvat
gen. korvan
genitive korvan korvien
korvainrare
partitive korvaa korvia
inessive korvassa korvissa
elative korvasta korvista
illative korvaan korviin
adessive korvalla korvilla
ablative korvalta korvilta
allative korvalle korville
essive korvana korvina
translative korvaksi korviksi
instructive korvin
abessive korvatta korvitta
comitative korvineen
Possessive forms of korva (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person korvani korvamme
2nd person korvasi korvanne
3rd person korvansa

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams


Ingrian

Hirvil ollaa kaks korvaa (1).
Kruskan korva (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korva. Cognates include Finnish korva and Estonian kõrv.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkorʋɑ/, [ˈko̞rʋ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkorʋɑ/, [ˈko̞rʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -orʋɑ
  • Hyphenation: kor‧va

Noun

korva

  1. ear
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:
      Käet kohmees, korvat jääs, jooksoot lapset șkouluu taas.
      Hands slightly numb, ears completely frozen, the children run to school again.
  2. handle (of a mug)

Declension

Declension of korva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative korva korvat
genitive korvan korviin
partitive korvaa korvia
illative korvaa korvii
inessive korvaas korviis
elative korvast korvist
allative korvalle korville
adessive korvaal korviil
ablative korvalt korvilt
translative korvaks korviks
essive korvanna, korvaan korvinna, korviin
exessive1) korvant korvint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 196

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korva.

Noun

korva (genitive korvan, partitive korvua)

  1. ear
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