tova

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See also: Tova, Tóva, töva, tøva, tóvá, and това

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb).

Noun

tova f (plural toves)

  1. adobe
    Synonym: (Valencian) atovó
  2. porous stone
    tova calcària ― limestone, travertine
    tova volcànica ― tuff

Etymology 2

Adjective

tova

  1. feminine singular of tou

Further reading

Guaraní

Noun

tova (dependent form rova, third-person possessed form hova)

  1. face

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Erzya тов (tov), Finnish tuo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tova (comparative tovább, superlative legtovább)

  1. (archaic, literary) (farther) away
    Synonyms: el, messzebbre
  2. (folksy, archaic, poetic) yonder
    Synonyms: ott, amott
  3. (folksy, literary, figuratively) far
    Synonyms: messze, távol

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tova-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tova-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

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Further reading

  • tova in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • tova in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
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