arvo

• arvy

Clipping of afternoon +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɐː.vəʉ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvəʊ

arvo (plural arvos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Afternoon.
   • 1960, Gunn, John, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46:

     “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”

   • 2000, Johnston, Mark, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33:

     The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.⁵⁰

   • 2010, Bray, Chris, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:

     ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’

   • 2010, Iannone, Rebecca, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:

     “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.”

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

• 'sarvo, sarvo

• VARO, Vora, Vörå

From Proto-Finnic *arvo, borrowed from a (likely Iranian) descendant of Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (compare Sanskrit अर्घ (argha, “worth, value”)). Cognate with Estonian arv. Erzya арсема (arśema), Hungarian ár is borrowed from the same source.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/, [ˈɑ̝rʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧vo

arvo

1. value, worth (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
2. value (that which is valued or esteemed)
3. value, worth (monetary value, amount of money considered a fair equivalent for something)
4. rank, standing, title

   amiraalin arvo ― rank of admiral (admiralcy)

5. value (quantity)
6. esteem, prestige, (high) regard

   pitää arvossa ― to hold in high regard

• adjectives: arvoinen, arvoisa, arvokas, arvollinen, arvoton
• nouns: arvio, arvokkuus
• verbs: arvostaa, arvottaa, arvostella
• adverbs: arvon

• arvata (possibly)

• arpa
• arpoa
• arvaus
• arvoitus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋoˣ/, [ˈɑ̝rʋo̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Syllabification^(key): ar‧vo

arvo

1. present indicative connegative of arpoa
2. second-person singular present imperative of arpoa
3. second-person singular present imperative connegative of arpoa

• rova, varo

From Proto-Finnic *arvo (“value”). Cognates include Finnish arvo and Estonian arv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/, [ˈɑrʋŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrʋo/, [ˈɑrʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋo
• Hyphenation: ar‧vo

arvo

1. understanding
2. value, worth

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 21

arvo

1. value

arvō

1. dative/ablative singular of arvum

From Proto-Finnic *arvo.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑrvo/, [ˈɑrvo]
• Rhymes: -ɑrvo
• Hyphenation: ar‧vo

arvo

1. reason, sense, mind
2. puzzle, riddle

• saavvõ arvoa (“to understand”)

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “arvo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn