FromProto-Finnic*hooku, equivalent tohoovvata(“to sigh”) +-u. Cognates includeFinnishhuoku andEstonianhoog.
hooku
| Declension ofhooku (type 4/koivu, ook-oovv gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hooku | hoovvut |
| genitive | hoovvun | hookuin,hookuloin |
| partitive | hookua | hookuja,hookuloja |
| illative | hookuu | hookui,hookuloihe |
| inessive | hoovvuus | hoovvuis,hookulois |
| elative | hoovvust | hoovvuist,hookuloist |
| allative | hoovvulle | hoovvuille,hookuloille |
| adessive | hoovvuul | hoovvuil,hookuloil |
| ablative | hoovvult | hoovvuilt,hookuloilt |
| translative | hoovvuks | hoovvuiks,hookuloiks |
| essive | hookunna,hookuun | hookuinna,hookuloinna,hookuin,hookuloin |
| exessive1) | hookunt | hookuint,hookuloint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||