karva

From Proto-Finnic *karva, an old Baltic loan; derived from the same word from which e.g. Lithuanian gaũras is descended. Cognates include Veps karv, Estonian karv and Livonian kōra. Originally karva only had the meaning "color". In its current meaning it is first mentioned in a biblical text in 1621.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrʋɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kar‧va

karva

1. hair (single hair on human or animal; not used of human head hair except in technical sense)
2. fur
3. (idiomatic) colors, stripes

   näyttää todellinen karvansa ― to show one's true colors / to show one's true stripes (to reveal how one really is)

4. (dialectal, archaic) color

   Synonym: väri

• A single hair of human head is hius. A human head of hair is tukka or hiukset.

• (fur): turkki

• hius

• “karva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *karva. Cognates include Finnish karva and Estonian karv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrʋɑ/, [ˈkɑrʋ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrʋɑ/, [ˈkɑrʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋ, -ɑrʋɑ
• Hyphenation: kar‧va

karva

1. colour
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

     Jos kovemmast veel noisemma kuumentammaa, nii pintamaan karva muuttuu mussast harmaks, tali punertavaks.

     If we start heating it up even more, then the colour of the topsoil will change from black to grey, or reddish.

2. (in the singular) fur
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:

     Mut elokkail se tihtii ono katettu turpiaal karvaal, a inmihisel karvat ollaa hippiääs harvaa.

     But it's often covered with thick fur on animals, and on humans the hair is rarely on the skin.

3. (in the plural) body hair
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:

     Inmihisel i monikkail elokkail hippiä ono katettu karvoil.

     The skin on a human and various animals is covered with hair.

• (colour): kuva

• tukka, hiukset (“hair”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 139