See also: TAV, Tav, táv, täv, ťav, tav., and ṭav

English

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Noun

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tav (plural tavs)

  1. Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter)

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtavˀ], [ˈtˢɑwˀ]

Verb

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tav

  1. past tense of tie

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑʋ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ʋ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋ
  • Hyphenation(key): tav

Noun

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tav

  1. taw (twenty-second letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)

Declension

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Inflection of tav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative tav tavit
genitive tavin tavien
partitive tavia taveja
illative taviin taveihin
singular plural
nominative tav tavit
accusative nom. tav tavit
gen. tavin
genitive tavin tavien
partitive tavia taveja
inessive tavissa taveissa
elative tavista taveista
illative taviin taveihin
adessive tavilla taveilla
ablative tavilta taveilta
allative taville taveille
essive tavina taveina
translative taviksi taveiksi
abessive tavitta taveitta
instructive tavein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tav (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tavini tavini
accusative nom. tavini tavini
gen. tavini
genitive tavini tavieni
partitive taviani tavejani
inessive tavissani taveissani
elative tavistani taveistani
illative taviini taveihini
adessive tavillani taveillani
ablative taviltani taveiltani
allative tavilleni taveilleni
essive tavinani taveinani
translative tavikseni taveikseni
abessive tavittani taveittani
instructive
comitative taveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tavisi tavisi
accusative nom. tavisi tavisi
gen. tavisi
genitive tavisi taviesi
partitive taviasi tavejasi
inessive tavissasi taveissasi
elative tavistasi taveistasi
illative taviisi taveihisi
adessive tavillasi taveillasi
ablative taviltasi taveiltasi
allative tavillesi taveillesi
essive tavinasi taveinasi
translative taviksesi taveiksesi
abessive tavittasi taveittasi
instructive
comitative taveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tavimme tavimme
accusative nom. tavimme tavimme
gen. tavimme
genitive tavimme taviemme
partitive taviamme tavejamme
inessive tavissamme taveissamme
elative tavistamme taveistamme
illative taviimme taveihimme
adessive tavillamme taveillamme
ablative taviltamme taveiltamme
allative tavillemme taveillemme
essive tavinamme taveinamme
translative taviksemme taveiksemme
abessive tavittamme taveittamme
instructive
comitative taveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tavinne tavinne
accusative nom. tavinne tavinne
gen. tavinne
genitive tavinne tavienne
partitive tavianne tavejanne
inessive tavissanne taveissanne
elative tavistanne taveistanne
illative taviinne taveihinne
adessive tavillanne taveillanne
ablative taviltanne taveiltanne
allative tavillenne taveillenne
essive tavinanne taveinanne
translative taviksenne taveiksenne
abessive tavittanne taveittanne
instructive
comitative taveinenne

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpás, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Cognate with Sanskrit तपस् (tapas, heat, fire), Persian آفتاب (âftâb, sun), Persian تاب (tâb, heat, warmth), Ormuri تووه (sun), Latin tepidus (warm), Russian тёплый (tjóplyj, warm), Old Armenian տապ (tap, heat).

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Central Kurdish هەتاو (hetaw)

tav f (Arabic spelling تاڤ)

  1. sunshine, sun, sunlight,
    Synonym: roj

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “tav”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 597

White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tamX (rib).[1]

Noun

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tav (classifier: tus)

  1. (anatomy) rib
    Neeg muaj 12 tug tav.A human has 12 ribs.
  2. side, horizontal

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. These meanings may be etymologically separate from each other and from Etymology 1. Are some of these Sinitic borrowings?”

Verb

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tav

  1. to herd animals, drive animals with a stick
    Nws mus tav nyuj noj zaub.He herds the cows to feed on grass.
  2. to lay down across
    Ib tug nab pw tav kev.A snake laid across the trail.
  3. to prune, trim
    Nws tav cov ntsis zaub.She prunes the growth of the vegetable.

Noun

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tav

  1. a period of time
    txog tav nountil now
    tav twg?when?
    Tav twg kuj tau.Any time will be all right.
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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 305-6.
  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners[3], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 271.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 283.
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