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tarvis.

need, necessity

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑrʋis/[ˈt̪ɑ̝rʋis̠]

  1. need, necessity

    dialectal · informal
    Onko sillä tarvis käydä ulkona?
    Onko tarvista vasaralle?
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tarbis, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þarbaz, *þarbiz, *þarbijaz (“needed, useful”). Cognate with Ingrian tarvis, Estonian tarvis.

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