muovi

Finnish

Etymology

Coined from muovata (“to mould”) by Lauri Hakulinen in 1947.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuo̯ʋi/, [ˈmuo̞̯ʋi]
  • Rhymes: -uoʋi
  • Hyphenation: muo‧vi

Noun

muovi

  1. plastic (material; synthetic thermoplastic polymer)

Declension
Inflection of muovi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative muovi muovit
genitive muovin muovien
partitive muovia muoveja
illative muoviin muoveihin
singular plural
nominative muovi muovit
accusative nom. muovi muovit
gen. muovin
genitive muovin muovien
partitive muovia muoveja
inessive muovissa muoveissa
elative muovista muoveista
illative muoviin muoveihin
adessive muovilla muoveilla
ablative muovilta muoveilta
allative muoville muoveille
essive muovina muoveina
translative muoviksi muoveiksi
instructive — muovein
abessive muovitta muoveitta
comitative — muoveineen

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

Italian

Verb

muovi

  1. second-person singular present indicative of muovere
  2. second-person singular imperative of muovere
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