polvi

From Proto-Finnic *polvi, from Proto-Uralic *polwe. Cognate of Estonian põlv, Ter Sami puvvl, Erzya пуляза (puľaza), куманжа (kumanža)^[1] and Moksha пълманжа (pəlmanža).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞lʋi]
• Rhymes: -olʋi
• Hyphenation^(key): pol‧vi

polvi

1. knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it)
2. stifle (joint above the hock on a horse's hind leg and corresponding to the knee)
3. (shipbuilding) knee (piece of timber or metal formed with an angle)
4. (rope) loop (full circle formed by passing the working end over itself)
5. generation (single step in the succession of natural descent)

   seuraava polvi ― next generation

6. (prosody) foot (unit of rhythm)

   nelipolvinen trokee ― trochaic tetrameter

• (generation): sukupolvi

• “polvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

polvi

1. plural of polvo

From Proto-Finnic *polvi. Cognates include Finnish polvi and Estonian põlv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞ɫʋʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpolʋi/, [ˈpo̞ɫʋi]
• Rhymes: -olʋʲ, -olʋi
• Hyphenation: pol‧vi

polvi

1. knee
2. generation

Declension of polvi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	polvi	polvet
genitive	polven	polviin, polviloin
partitive	polvia	polvija, polviloja
illative	polvee	polvii, polviloihe
inessive	polvees	polviis, polvilois
elative	polvest	polvist, polviloist
allative	polvelle	polville, polviloille
adessive	polveel	polviil, polviloil
ablative	polvelt	polvilt, polviloilt
translative	polveks	polviks, polviloiks
essive	polvenna, polveen	polvinna, polviloinna, polviin, polviloin
exessive1)	polvent	polvint, polviloint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 423

polvi f

1. plural of polve

• Volpi, volpi

polvi

1. knee