taito

From Proto-Finnic *taito (compare Võro taid (“sense, reason, grasp, intelligence”)). Equivalent to taitaa (“to know, master, command”) +‎ -o. Cognate with Northern Sami dáidu (“skill”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯to/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑito
• Syllabification^(key): tai‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): tai‧to

taito

1. skill (capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned)

   suomen kielen taito ― Finnish language skill(s)

   taito selittää vaikeatkin asiat ― the skill of explaining even difficult things

2. art (skill attained by study, practice, or observation)

   elämisen taito ― the art of living

• “taito”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• oitta, taiot, taoit

taito

1. Rōmaji transcription of たいと

• IPA^(key): /táíto/

-taito (declinable)

1. small, little

   Synonym: -ke

   Antonym: -kooto

   emiti mitaito ― small trees

2. thin

   Synonym: -ke

   Antonym: -kooto

3. (in the plural) few, small number of

   Synonym: -ke

   Antonym: -ingi

   emiti mitaito ― a few trees

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 357