Most likely from Proto-Baltic *trav-, compare Latvian drava and Lithuanian dravis. Alternatively the same root as in tare (“farmhouse”).
taru (genitive taru, partitive taru)
Declension of taru (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | taru | tarud | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | taru | ||
genitive | tarude | ||
partitive | taru | tarusid | |
illative | tarru tarusse |
tarudesse | |
inessive | tarus | tarudes | |
elative | tarust | tarudest | |
allative | tarule | tarudele | |
adessive | tarul | tarudel | |
ablative | tarult | tarudelt | |
translative | taruks | tarudeks | |
terminative | taruni | tarudeni | |
essive | taruna | tarudena | |
abessive | taruta | tarudeta | |
comitative | taruga | tarudega |
tar- + -u, probably from the same root as dialectal tarista (“to talk, tell stories”), which is of onomatopoeic origin. Adapted to modern meanings by Finnish postmaster, author and translator Otto Tandefelt in 1836, probably with some inspiration from tarina.
taru
Inflection of taru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | taru | tarut | ||
genitive | tarun | tarujen | ||
partitive | tarua | taruja | ||
illative | taruun | taruihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | taru | tarut | ||
accusative | nom. | taru | tarut | |
gen. | tarun | |||
genitive | tarun | tarujen | ||
partitive | tarua | taruja | ||
inessive | tarussa | taruissa | ||
elative | tarusta | taruista | ||
illative | taruun | taruihin | ||
adessive | tarulla | taruilla | ||
ablative | tarulta | taruilta | ||
allative | tarulle | taruille | ||
essive | taruna | taruina | ||
translative | taruksi | taruiksi | ||
abessive | tarutta | taruitta | ||
instructive | — | taruin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
tārū m (plural tārunā̀, possessed form tārun)
taru
From Proto-Polynesian *talu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talun, from Proto-Austronesian *CaluN.
taru
taru m
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | taru | taravo or tarū |
Accusative (second) | taruṃ | taravo or tarū |
Instrumental (third) | tarunā | tarūhi or tarūbhi |
Dative (fourth) | tarussa or taruno | tarūnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | tarusmā or tarumhā | tarūhi or tarūbhi |
Genitive (sixth) | tarussa or taruno | tarūnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | tarusmiṃ or tarumhi | tarūsu |
Vocative (calling) | taru | tarave or taravo |