karva

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑrʋɑ/

“karva” is a Finnish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

hair (single hair on human or animal) (not used of human head hair except in a technical sense)
fur
hair (small, tiny amount)
colors, stripes
color

Etymology

From 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.

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More Finnish words

karusti
karuunnuttaa
karuuntua
karuus
karvaaminen
karvaamo
karvaasti
karvahattu

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