taru.
epic, saga, legend, myth
Meaning & usage
epic, saga, legend, myth
fiction (stories using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts; verbal or written account that is not based on actual events)
Se mitä hän sanoi on tarua.
Totta vai tarua?
fable, story, tale
Where this word comes from
tar- + -u, probably from the same root as dialectal tarista (“to talk, tell stories”), which is of onomatopoeic origin. Adapted to modern meanings by Finnish postmaster, author and translator Otto Tandefelt in 1836, probably with some inspiration from tarina.
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