tova

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈto.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈto.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɔ.va], [ˈto.va]

Borrowed from Arabic طُوب (ṭūb).

tova f (plural toves)

1. adobe

   Synonym: (Valencian) atovó

2. porous stone

   tova calcària ― limestone, travertine

   tova volcànica ― tuff

tova

1. feminine singular of tou

• “tova”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tova” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

tova (dependent form rova, third-person possessed form hova)

1. face

From Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Erzya тов (tov), Finnish tuo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtovɒ]
• Hyphenation: to‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

tova (comparative tovább, superlative legtovább)

1. (archaic, literary) (farther) away

   Synonyms: el, messzebbre

2. (folksy, archaic, poetic) yonder

   Synonyms: ott, amott

3. (folksy, literary, figuratively) far

   Synonyms: messze, távol

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tova-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tova-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

• tova in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• tova in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN