tova
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb).
Noun edit
tova f (plural toves)
- adobe
- Synonym: (Valencian) atovó
- porous stone
- tova calcària ― limestone, travertine
- tova volcànica ― tuff
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
tova
Further reading edit
- “tova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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 edit
Noun edit
tova (dependent form rova, third-person possessed form hova)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Erzya тов (tov), Finnish tuo.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
tova (comparative tovább, superlative legtovább)
- (archaic, literary) (farther) away
- Synonyms: el, messzebbre
- (folksy, archaic, poetic) yonder
- (folksy, literary, figuratively) far
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- 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