| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | kov·i |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | kovas |
| Past tense | kovis |
| Future tense | kovos |
| Conditional mood | |
| kovus | |
| Imperative mood | |
| kovu | |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Active participles | Passive participles | |
| Present tense | kovanta | kovata |
| Past tense | kovinta | kovita |
| Future tense | kovonta | kovota |
| Afrikaans | broei |
|---|---|
| Dutch | broeden; broeden op; bebroeden |
| English | incubate; brood |
| Faeroese | bøla |
| French | couver |
| German | brüten; bebrüten; ausbrüten; sinnen auf; aushecken |
| Italian | covare |
| Latin | incubare |
| Papiamento | brui |
| Portuguese | chocar; incubar |
| Russian | высиживать |
| Saterland Frisian | broude |
| Spanish | empollar huevos; incubar |
| Swedish | häcka; ruva |
| Thai | กก; กกไข่ |
| West Frisian | briede |