/ˈkɑrʋɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rʋɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *karva (compare Estonian karv, Livonian kǭra, Veps karv), borrowed from Baltic (compare Lithuanian gaũras). In the first texts, karva is attested only in the sense “color”; in its current meaning, it is first mentioned in a biblical text in 1621. Displaced in the sense “color” by väri.
- hair (single hair on human or animal) (not used of human head hair except in a technical sense)
- fur
- figurativelyhair (small, tiny amount)
- idiomaticcolors, stripes
“näyttää todellinen karvansa” — to show one's true colors / to show one's true stripes (to reveal how one really is)
- archaic, dialectalcolor
Muodotkarva(nominative, singular) · karvat(nominative, plural) · karva(accusative, nominative, singular) · karvat(accusative, nominative, plural) · karvan(accusative, genitive, singular) · karvat(accusative, genitive, plural) · karvan(genitive, singular) · karvojen(genitive, plural) · karvain(genitive, plural, rare) · karvaa(partitive, singular) · karvoja(partitive, plural) · karvassa(inessive, singular) · karvoissa(inessive, plural) · karvasta(elative, singular) · karvoista(elative, plural) · karvaan(illative, singular) · karvoihin(illative, plural) · karvalla(adessive, singular) · karvoilla(adessive, plural) · karvalta(ablative, singular)