tüvi

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See also: tuvi and tyvi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe. Cognates include Finnish tyvi, Hungarian tő.

Noun

tüvi (genitive tüve, partitive tüve)

  1. trunk (of a tree)

Declension

Declension of tüvi (ÕS type 20/süli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tüvi tüved
accusative nom.
gen. tüve
genitive tüvede
partitive tüve tüvesid
illative tüvve
tüvesse 		tüvedesse
inessive tüves tüvedes
elative tüvest tüvedest
allative tüvele tüvedele
adessive tüvel tüvedel
ablative tüvelt tüvedelt
translative tüveks tüvedeks
terminative tüveni tüvedeni
essive tüvena tüvedena
abessive tüveta tüvedeta
comitative tüvega tüvedega

Further reading

  • “tüvi”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe.

Noun

tüvi

  1. trunk (of a tree)
  2. base, bottom end
  3. (grammar) stem

Inflection

Inflection of tüvi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing. tüvi
genitive sing. tüven
partitive sing. tüved
partitive plur. tüvid
singular plural
nominative tüvi tüved
accusative tüven tüved
genitive tüven tüviden
partitive tüved tüvid
essive-instructive tüven tüvin
translative tüveks tüvikš
inessive tüves tüviš
elative tüvespäi tüvišpäi
illative tüvehe tüvihe
adessive tüvel tüvil
ablative tüvelpäi tüvilpäi
allative tüvele tüvile
abessive tüveta tüvita
comitative tüvenke tüvidenke
prolative tüvedme tüvidme
approximative I tüvenno tüvidenno
approximative II tüvennoks tüvidennoks
egressive tüvennopäi tüvidennopäi
terminative I tüvehesai tüvihesai
terminative II tüvelesai tüvilesai
terminative III tüvessai —
additive I tüvehepäi tüvihepäi
additive II tüvelepäi tüvilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “комель, основа, ствол”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tüŋe.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtyvi/,
  • Rhymes: -yvi
  • Hyphenation: tü‧vi

Noun

tüvi

  1. trunk (of a tree)
  2. base, bottom end

Inflection

Declension of tüvi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tüvi tüved
genitive tüve tüvije, tüvii
partitive tüvviä tüviite, tüvii
illative tüvvese, tüvve tüviise
inessive tüvez tüviiz
elative tüvesse tüviisse
allative tüvele tüviile
adessive tüvelle tüviille
ablative tüvelte tüviilte
translative tüvessi tüviissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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