Estonian

Proper noun

Arvo

1. A male given name.

Finnish

Etymology

A variant of Arvi, cognate with Swedish Arvid. Also associated with arvo ‎(“value”) and arvokas ‎(“precious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑrʋo]
• Hyphenation: Ar‧vo

Proper noun

Arvo

1. A male given name.
   • 2010 Katariina Romppainen, Pität päiväunet, Karisto, ISBN 978-951-23-5303-3, page 37:

     Rita selasi viestivihkon etusivulle ja totta, miehen nimi oli Kaski, Ale Arvo.

     ―Ei ollu kurssi korkialla, kun äitimuori nimiä poijalle laitto, mies tuumasi. ―Nimeni on Arvo Kaski, ennen olin arvokaski. Se oli ennen se.

Declension

Anagrams

• varo

English

Alternative forms

• arvy

Noun

arvo ‎(plural arvos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, informal) Afternoon.
   • 1960, John Gunn, 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, Mark Johnston, 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, Chris Bray, 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, Rebecca Iannone, 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.”

Derived terms

• 'sarvo, sarvo

Anagrams

• VARO

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arvo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arwa ‎(“price, value”). Cognate with Estonian arv and Hungarian ár.^[1]

Noun

arvo

1. value, worth.
2. rank, standing, title.
   • amiraalin arvo = rank of admiral = admiralcy
3. prestige.

Declension

Derived terms

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

Compounds

Related terms

• arpoa
• arvata

See also

• arpa
• arpoa
• arvata
• arvaus
• arvoitus

Verb

arvo

1. Present indicative connegative form of arpoa.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of arpoa.
3. Second-person singular imperative connegative form of arpoa.

Anagrams

• varo

References

1. ↑ Entry #26 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Latin

Noun

arvō

1. dative singular of arvum
2. ablative singular of arvum