tovara

See also: Tovara

Russenorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Russian това́ръ (továr) of Turkic origin. Close sounding to Norwegian Nynorsk vare, whence Russenorsk vara (with the same meaning) is derived from. Compare also to Finnish tavara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈvara/ (uncertain)

Noun

tovara

  1. commodity, product, goods

Synonyms

References

  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, page 109
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.