taito

From Proto-Finnic *taito (compare Võro taid (“sense, reason, grasp, intelligence”)). Equivalent to taitaa (“to know, master, command”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Northern Sami dáidu (“skill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯to/,
• Rhymes: -ɑito
• Hyphenation^(key): tai‧to

taito

1. skill (capacity to do something well, particularly one who is acquired or learned)
2. art (skill attained by study, practice, or observation)

• “taito”, 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 2023-07-03

• oitta, taiot, taoit

taito

1. Rōmaji transcription of たいと

• IPA^(key): /táíto/

-taito (declinable)

1. small, little

   Synonym: -ke

   Antonym: -kooto

When used in the plural, -taito can mean 'few' or 'small number of', in addition to 'small'. Thus, emiti mitaito can mean 'small trees' or 'a few trees'.

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 357