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

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb).

Noun

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tova f (plural toves)

  1. adobe
    Synonym: (Valencian) atovó
  2. porous stone
    tova calcàrialimestone, travertine
    tova volcànicatuff

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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tova

  1. feminine singular of tou

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Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. face

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtovɒ]
  • Hyphenation: to‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Adverb

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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

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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