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tyvi.

foot (lowest part of a longish object, e.g. a tree)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtyʋi/[ˈt̪yʋi]
  1. foot (lowest part of a longish object, e.g. a tree)

  2. crown, collar (part of a plant where the root and stem meet)

  3. beam (principal stem of an antler)

  4. stem (main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word)

  5. base (lower part of the field)

  6. base, basal

    in-compounds
    tyvisolu
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tüvi (compare Estonian tüvi), from Proto-Uralic *tüŋe (compare Eastern Mari тӱҥ (tüŋ), Hungarian tő).

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