tavola

Fijian

Alternative forms

• tatavola (Lau)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a Solomon Islands language. The Proto-Polynesian term was *talie (Fijian dalice). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tavola

1. Indian almond, tropical almond (Terminalia catappa)

   Synonyms: dalice (archaic); tivi, jivi (Nadro, Serua)

   Au kania na tavola.

   I'm eating Indian almonds.

2. the edible nut of this tree

   E dredre me basuka na tavola.

   The almond is hard to crack.

3. (by extension) various trees of genus Terminalia

   tavola ni veikau ― forest terminalia (Terminalia capitanea)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “tavola”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 262

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tabula. Doublet of tabula and tavolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.vo.la/

• Audio (una tavola):

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• Rhymes: -avola
• Hyphenation: tà‧vo‧la

Noun

tavola f (plural tavole, diminutive tavolèlla or tavolétta or tavolettina or tavolina, augmentative tavolóna, pejorative tavolàccia or tavolùccia)

1. (furniture) table

   Synonym: tavolo

2. table (grid of data)

   Synonym: tabella

3. board, panel, plank, slab (thin piece of wood or other material)

   Synonyms: asse, lastra, pannello

4. plate (illustration)
5. (art) painting

Derived terms

• capotavola m
• intavolare
• tabella
• tabulato
• tavella
• tavola calda
• tavola periodica
• tavola pitagorica
• tavola reale
• tavola rotonda
• tavolaccio
• tavolame
• tavolare
• tavolata
• tavolato
• tavolella
• tavoletta
• tavoliere
• tavolo
• tavolozza

Descendants

• → Arabic: طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila)

  Gulf Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwla)

  Moroccan Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwla)

  North Levantine Arabic: طاولة (ṭāwle)

• → Italiot Greek: tavla
• → Ottoman Turkish: طبله (tabla)
  • Turkish: tavla
    • → English: tavla
  • → Greek: τάβλι (távli)
    • → Romanian: table
  • → Hebrew: טַבְלָה (ṭaḇlā)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̀вла

    Latin script: tàvla

• → Tigrinya: ጣውላ (ṭawla)

Further reading

• “tavola”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “tavola”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

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