koivu

From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa. Cognates include Estonian kõiv and Erzya килей (kiľej).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋu/, [ˈko̞i̯ʋu]
• Rhymes: -oiʋu
• Hyphenation^(key): koi‧vu

koivu

1. birch (deciduous tree)

• “koivu”, 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 2023-07-02

• kuovi, kuvio

From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa. Cognates include Finnish koivu and Estonian kõiv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋu/, [ˈko̞i̯ʋŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯ʋu/, [ˈko̞i̯ʋu]
• Rhymes: -oi̯ʋu
• Hyphenation: koi‧vu

koivu

1. birch

Declension of koivu (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	koivu	koivut
genitive	koivun	koivuin, koivuloin
partitive	koivua	koivuja, koivuloja
illative	koivuu	koivui, koivuloihe
inessive	koivuus	koivuis, koivulois
elative	koivust	koivuist, koivuloist
allative	koivulle	koivuille, koivuloille
adessive	koivuul	koivuil, koivuloil
ablative	koivult	koivuilt, koivuloilt
translative	koivuks	koivuiks, koivuloiks
essive	koivunna, koivuun	koivuinna, koivuloinna, koivuin, koivuloin
exessive1)	koivunt	koivuint, koivuloint
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.

• (diminutive) koivuin

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “койву”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 60
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 185
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 77

From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

koivu (genitive koivun, partitive koivuu)

1. birch

From Proto-Finnic *koivu, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯vu/, [ˈkoi̯vu]
• Rhymes: -oi̯vu
• Hyphenation: koi‧vu

koivu

1. birch (tree)

Declension of koivu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	koivu	koivud
genitive	koivu	koivujõ, koivui
partitive	koivua	koivuitõ, koivui
illative	koivusõ, koivu	koivuisõ
inessive	koivuz	koivuiz
elative	koivussõ	koivuissõ
allative	koivulõ	koivuilõ
adessive	koivullõ	koivuillõ
ablative	koivultõ	koivuiltõ
translative	koivussi	koivuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• kahtši

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn