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See also: tỳ vị

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe. Cognates include Estonian tüvi, Eastern Mari тӱҥ (tüŋ) and Hungarian .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtyʋi/, [ˈt̪yʋi]
  • Rhymes: -yʋi
  • Syllabification(key): ty‧vi
  • Hyphenation(key): ty‧vi

Noun

tyvi

  1. foot (lowest part of a longish object)
  2. (botany) crown, collar (part of a plant where the root and stem meet)
  3. beam (principal stem of an antler)
  4. (linguistics) stem (main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word)
  5. (heraldry) base (lower part of the field)
  6. (in compounds) base, basal
    tyvisolubasal cell

Declension

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

Derived terms

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi. Cognates include Finnish tyvi and Estonian tüvi.

Pronunciation

Noun

tyvi

  1. crown, collar (part of a plant)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination), singular ...

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 615
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