tavu

Estonian

Noun

tavu

1. partitive plural of tava

Finnish

Etymology

tavata (“to spell”) +‎ -u. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1835; the earlier form was tavuu (with -uu). The computing sense is from the 20th century, perhaps because multiple bytes make up a 'word'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʋu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑʋu
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧vu

Noun

tavu

1. (grammar, linguistics) syllable
2. (computing) byte

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tavu”, 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

Anagrams

• Tuva, avut

Latvian

Pronoun

tavu

1. inflection of tavs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tavu.

Noun

tavu

1. syllable

Inflection

Derived terms

• avotavu
• saubtavu

References

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