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torvi.

horn (any of several musical wind instruments, especially one used to signal people or animals)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtorʋi/[ˈt̪o̞rʋi]
  1. horn (any of several musical wind instruments, especially one used to signal people or animals)

  2. horn (any of several musical wind instruments, especially one used to signal people or animals) horn (generally, any brass wind instrument)

    broadly · informal
  3. anything with a tapered shape resembling a horn; a tube, pipe, cone, funnel, etc.

    huulet torvella
  4. horn (conical device used to direct waves)

  5. horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

  6. fool

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *torvi (compare Estonian tõri, Karelian torvi, Veps torv), from earlier *towre (with metathesis *wr > *rw, compare järvi, karva), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian taure (“bugle”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of Taurus, tarvas, and teuras.

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