juova

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuo̯ʋɑ/,
• Rhymes: -uoʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): juo‧va

From Proto-Finnic *jooma (compare Estonian joom (“wake, trail; stream”), Ingrian jooma (“route, passage”), Livonian jūom (“depression; deep part in a body of water”), Votic joomõ (“strait”)), possibly derived from *joodak (“to drink”) (whence juoda).

juova

1. streak (irregular line, e.g. one left from smearing or motion)

   Synonyms: juomu, viiru

   Near-synonym: raita (“stripe”)

2. scan line, line

• juoma (dialectal)

• juopa
• juonne

• suojuotti (“narrow elongated swamp”)

• “juova”, 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

From juoda (“to drink”) through juo +‎ -va, or earlier. Compare juopa.

juova

1. drinking, one who drinks

juova

1. present active participle of juoda