tova
See also: Tova, Tóva, töva, tøva, and това
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Arabic طُوب (ṭūb).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.və/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.va/
Noun
tova f (plural toves)
- adobe
- Synonym: (Valencian) atovó
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈto.və/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈto.bə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈto.va/
Adjective
tova
- feminine singular of tou
Further reading
- “tova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “tova” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Guaraní
Noun
tova (dependent form rova, third-person possessed form hova)
- face
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtovɒ]
- Hyphenation: to‧va
- Rhymes: -vɒ
Adverb
tova (comparative tovább, superlative legtovább)
- (archaic, literary) (farther) away
- Synonyms: el, messzebbre
- (folksy, archaic, poetic) yonder
- Synonyms: ott, amott
- (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.
Derived terms
- idestova
- tétova
- tovább
Related terms
- tavaly
- távol (first element)
- távozik (first element)
- tegnap (first element)
- tehát
- tékozol (first element)
- túl
Further reading
- tova in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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