arvo

English

Alternative forms

• arvy

Etymology

Clipping of afternoon +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɐː.vəʉ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvəʊ

Noun

arvo (plural arvos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Afternoon.
   • 1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46:

     “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”

   • 2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33:

     The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.⁵⁰

   • 2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:

     ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’

   • 2010, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:

     “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

Derived terms

• 'sarvo, sarvo

Translations

Anagrams

• VARO, Vora, Vörå

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *arvo, borrowed from a (likely Iranian) descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (compare Sanskrit अर्घ (argha, “worth, value”)), such as Alanic *arγa-. Cognate with Estonian arv, Erzya арсемс (arśems, “to think”), Moksha мъзяра (məźara, “how much”) (from *meźə (“what”) and *arə̑ (“value”)). Hungarian ár is borrowed from the same Iranian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧vo

Noun

arvo

1. value, worth (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
2. value (that which is valued or esteemed)
3. value, worth (monetary value, amount of money considered a fair equivalent for something)
4. rank, standing, title

   amiraalin arvo ― rank of admiral (admiralcy)

5. value (quantity)
6. esteem, prestige, (high) regard

   pitää arvossa ― to hold in high regard

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• arvata (possibly)

See also

• arpa
• arpoa
• arvaus
• arvoitus

Further reading

• “arvo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋoˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧vo

Verb

arvo

1. inflection of arpoa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

References

Anagrams

• rova, varo

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arvo (“value”). Cognates include Finnish arvo and Estonian arv.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Hyphenation: ar‧vo

Noun

arvo

1. understanding
2. value, worth

Declension

Synonyms

• (understanding): äly

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 21

Karelian

Noun

arvo

1. value

Latin

Noun

arvō

1. dative/ablative singular of arvum

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arvo.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrvo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrvo
• Hyphenation: ar‧vo

Noun

arvo

1. reason, sense, mind
2. puzzle, riddle

Inflection

Derived terms

• saavvõ arvoa (“to understand”)

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “arvo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn