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uve.

A hole in the ice of a lake or other body of water, created by water flowing from below the ice.

3 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈuʋeˣ/[ˈuʋe̞(ʔ)]
  1. A hole in the ice of a lake or other body of water, created by water flowing from below the ice.

Where this word comes from

Related to Karelian uvehavanto, Ludian ubehlähte, Veps ubehlähte. Ultimately derived from vuo + -e (initial part from earlier *(w)uwa), either as an irregular retention form (compare vuo, vuotaa) or based on a stem re-loaned from early Samic (compare old Southern Sami uwe (“stream”), from Proto-Samic *uvē).

noun/ˈuʋeˣ/[ˈuʋe̞(ʔ)]
  1. stallion

    dialectal · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *ubëh. Cognate with Ingrian uve, Karelian uveh, Livvi uveh, Ludian ubeh and Veps ubeh.

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