tavu
Estonian
editNoun
edittavu
Finnish
editEtymology
edittavata (“to spell”) + -u. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1835; the earlier form was tavuu (with -uu). The computing sense is from the 20th century, perhaps because multiple bytes make up a 'word'.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittavu
Declension
editInflection of tavu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tavu | tavut | |
genitive | tavun | tavujen | |
partitive | tavua | tavuja | |
illative | tavuun | tavuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tavu | tavut | |
accusative | nom. | tavu | tavut |
gen. | tavun | ||
genitive | tavun | tavujen | |
partitive | tavua | tavuja | |
inessive | tavussa | tavuissa | |
elative | tavusta | tavuista | |
illative | tavuun | tavuihin | |
adessive | tavulla | tavuilla | |
ablative | tavulta | tavuilta | |
allative | tavulle | tavuille | |
essive | tavuna | tavuina | |
translative | tavuksi | tavuiksi | |
abessive | tavutta | tavuitta | |
instructive | — | tavuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editverbs
compounds
Further reading
edit- “tavu”, 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
Anagrams
editLatvian
editPronoun
edittavu
- inflection of tavs:
Veps
editEtymology
editNoun
edittavu
Inflection
editInflection of tavu (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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nominative sing. | tavu | ||
genitive sing. | tavun | ||
partitive sing. | tavud | ||
partitive plur. | tavuid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tavu | tavud | |
accusative | tavun | tavud | |
genitive | tavun | tavuiden | |
partitive | tavud | tavuid | |
essive-instructive | tavun | tavuin | |
translative | tavuks | tavuikš | |
inessive | tavus | tavuiš | |
elative | tavuspäi | tavuišpäi | |
illative | tavuhu | tavuihe | |
adessive | tavul | tavuil | |
ablative | tavulpäi | tavuilpäi | |
allative | tavule | tavuile | |
abessive | tavuta | tavuita | |
comitative | tavunke | tavuidenke | |
prolative | tavudme | tavuidme | |
approximative I | tavunno | tavuidenno | |
approximative II | tavunnoks | tavuidennoks | |
egressive | tavunnopäi | tavuidennopäi | |
terminative I | tavuhusai | tavuihesai | |
terminative II | tavulesai | tavuilesai | |
terminative III | tavussai | — | |
additive I | tavuhupäi | tavuihepäi | |
additive II | tavulepäi | tavuilepäi |
Derived terms
editReferences
editCategories:
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms suffixed with -u
- Finnish terms coined by Elias Lönnrot
- Finnish coinages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑʋu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑʋu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Grammar
- fi:Linguistics
- fi:Computing
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian pronoun forms
- Veps terms borrowed from Finnish
- Veps terms derived from Finnish
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Veps ilo-type nominals