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Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly a variant of aapa (with leveling of the weak grade aava-, influenced perhaps by avata), or a separate Sami borrowing (from Proto-Samic *āvõs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): aa‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): aa‧va

Adjective

aava (comparative aavempi, superlative aavin)

  1. open, wide (featuring a very large open area, especially sea)
    aava meriwide sea, open sea

Declension

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Noun

aava

  1. open sea

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

See also

References

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

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