tuvi

See also: tüvi and tyvi

Estonian

Noun

tuvi (genitive tuvi, partitive tuvi)

dove, pigeon (taxonomic family: Columbidae)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

kaljutuvi (“rock dove (the preferred IOC term for Columba livia), rock pigeon (ambiguous, multiple species have this common name)”)
kirjatuvi (“homing pigeon, cf. German Low German: Breefduuv, German: Brieftaube, both meaning lit. “letter pigeon””)
kodutuvi
tuvimaja

Further reading

M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “tuvi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

Latvian

Adjective

tuvi

nominative plural masculine of tuvs

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