tuvi

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Middle Low German dûve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ, whence also English dove and German Taube. Dialectal variants include tui (where the v has been lost) and tuuvi, compare also Ingrian tuuvi. See also turteltuvi. First attested in 1632. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuvi/, [ˈtuvi] Rhymes: -uvi Hyphenation: tu‧vi === Noun === tuvi (genitive tuvi, partitive tuvi) dove, pigeon (Columba) parem varblane peos kui tuvi katusel ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (literally, “better a sparrow in the palm than a pigeon on the roof”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === tuvi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “tuvi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 Jüri Viikberg (2016), “tuvi”, in [ASL] Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary) == Latvian == === Adjective === tuvi nominative masculine plural of tuvs