# povi
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pouvoir,

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpovi]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ovi
* Hyphenation: po‧vi

### 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.
    Mi povas piediri. ― I can walk.
    Synonym: kapabli

#### Derived terms

* pova
* povo
* povoscii

### Further reading

* “povi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
* “pov”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997
* “povi”, in The Simple Dictionary, (Can we date this quote?)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *povi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *poŋe. Cognates include Estonian põu, Erzya понго (pongo) and Moksha пов (pov).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
* Rhymes: -oʋi
* Hyphenation: po‧vi

### Noun

povi
* bosom, breast
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tissi
* (fishing) bosom of a seine

#### Declension

Possessive forms of povi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
poveni
poveni
accusative
nom.
poveni
poveni
gen.
poveni
genitive
poveni
povieni
partitive
poveani
poviani
inessive
povessani
povissani
elative
povestani
povistani
illative
poveeni
poviini
adessive
povellani
povillani
ablative
poveltani
poviltani
allative
povelleni
povilleni
essive
povenani
povinani
translative
povekseni
povikseni
abessive
povettani
povittani
instructive
comitative
—povineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
povesi
povesi
accusative
nom.
povesi
povesi
gen.
povesi
genitive
povesi
poviesi
partitive
poveasi
poviasi
inessive
povessasi
povissasi
elative
povestasi
povistasi
illative
poveesi
poviisi
adessive
povellasi
povillasi
ablative
poveltasi
poviltasi
allative
povellesi
povillesi
essive
povenasi
povinasi
translative
poveksesi
poviksesi
abessive
povettasi
povittasi
instructive
comitative
—povinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
povemme
povemme
accusative
nom.
povemme
povemme
gen.
povemme
genitive
povemme
poviemme
partitive
poveamme
poviamme
inessive
povessamme
povissamme
elative
povestamme
povistamme
illative
poveemme
poviimme
adessive
povellamme
povillamme
ablative
poveltamme
poviltamme
allative
povellemme
povillemme
essive
povenamme
povinamme
translative
poveksemme
poviksemme
abessive
povettamme
povittamme
instructive
comitative
—povinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
povenne
povenne
accusative
nom.
povenne
povenne
gen.
povenne
genitive
povenne
povienne
partitive
poveanne
povianne
inessive
povessanne
povissanne
elative
povestanne
povistanne
illative
poveenne
poviinne
adessive
povellanne
povillanne
ablative
poveltanne
poviltanne
allative
povellenne
povillenne
essive
povenanne
povinanne
translative
poveksenne
poviksenne
abessive
povettanne
povittanne
instructive
comitative
—povinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
povensa
povensa
accusative
nom.
povensa
povensa
gen.
povensa
genitive
povensa
poviensa
partitive
poveaan poveansa
poviaan poviansa
inessive
povessaan povessansa
povissaan povissansa
elative
povestaan povestansa
povistaan povistansa
illative
poveensa
poviinsa
adessive
povellaan povellansa
povillaan povillansa
ablative
poveltaan poveltansa
poviltaan poviltansa
allative
povelleen povellensa
povilleen povillensa
essive
povenaan povenansa
povinaan povinansa
translative
povekseen poveksensa
povikseen poviksensa
abessive
povettaan povettansa
povittaan povittansa
instructive
comitative
—povineen povinensa :

#### Derived terms

* povekas
* poveton
* korkeapovinen
* povikuningatar
* povipommi
* povitasku
* pyöreäpovinen
* uhkeapovinen

### References

* ↑ Entry #794 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* “povi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* pivo

## Ido
### Noun

povi
* plural of povo

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *povi. Cognates include Finnish povi and Estonian põu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈpoʋi/, [ˈpo̞ʋi]
* Rhymes: -oʋi
* Hyphenation: po‧vi

### Noun

povi
* (rare) Synonym of seslä

#### Derived terms

* povinoora

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 427

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.

### Noun

povi
* cattle
* beef

#### Descendants

* → Tokelauan: povi

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan povi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.vi/
* Hyphenation: po‧vi

### Noun

povi
* cattle
* cow
* beef

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 276

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *povi.

### Noun

povi
* breast, bosom

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “пазуха”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika