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tuohitorvi

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Finnish

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Tuupovaara, displaying a herdsman that blows into his birchbark horn.
Two birchbark horns in the National Museum of Finland. The one in the front is of unusual shape.

Etymology

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tuohi +‎ torvi

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtuo̯hiˌtorʋi/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯ɦiˌt̪o̞rʋi]
  • Rhymes: -orʋi
  • Hyphenation(key): tuohi‧torvi

Noun

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tuohitorvi

  1. birchbark horn (traditional, usually straight, horn made of birchbark with quite hollow and unmusical sound, used chiefly for signaling)

Declension

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Inflection of tuohitorvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative tuohitorvi tuohitorvet
genitive tuohitorven tuohitorvien
partitive tuohitorvea tuohitorvia
illative tuohitorveen tuohitorviin
singular plural
nominative tuohitorvi tuohitorvet
accusative nom. tuohitorvi tuohitorvet
gen. tuohitorven
genitive tuohitorven tuohitorvien
partitive tuohitorvea tuohitorvia
inessive tuohitorvessa tuohitorvissa
elative tuohitorvesta tuohitorvista
illative tuohitorveen tuohitorviin
adessive tuohitorvella tuohitorvilla
ablative tuohitorvelta tuohitorvilta
allative tuohitorvelle tuohitorville
essive tuohitorvena tuohitorvina
translative tuohitorveksi tuohitorviksi
abessive tuohitorvetta tuohitorvitta
instructive tuohitorvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tuohitorvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)

Further reading

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