teivas

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *taibas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *staipas. Cognate with Finnish seiväs. The *s ~ *t variation may be due to the initial *st- in the Baltic etymon.

Noun[edit]

teivas (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. pole
  2. stake