tõri
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tori"
Estonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *torvi, from earlier *towri, from Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Compare Finnish torvi, Karelian torvi, Veps torv.
Pronunciation
Noun
tõri (genitive tõrve, partitive tõrve)
- (Islands) birch trumpet
- Synonyms: karjapasun, (Western) luik, (Tartu) piibar
- (botany) ocrea
Declension
| Declension of tõri (ÕS type 24i/oder, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tõri | tõrved | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tõrve | ||
| genitive | tõrvede | ||
| partitive | tõrve | tõrvi tõrvesid | |
| illative | tõrve tõrvesse |
tõrvedesse tõrvisse | |
| inessive | tõrves | tõrvedes tõrvis | |
| elative | tõrvest | tõrvedest tõrvist | |
| allative | tõrvele | tõrvedele tõrvile | |
| adessive | tõrvel | tõrvedel tõrvil | |
| ablative | tõrvelt | tõrvedelt tõrvilt | |
| translative | tõrveks | tõrvedeks tõrviks | |
| terminative | tõrveni | tõrvedeni | |
| essive | tõrvena | tõrvedena | |
| abessive | tõrveta | tõrvedeta | |
| comitative | tõrvega | tõrvedega | |
Further reading
- “tõri”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tõri”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tõri”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tõri in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)