Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaivo. Equivalent to kaivaa (“to dig”) + -o. Cognate with Estonian kaev.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯ʋo/, [ˈkɑ̝i̯ʋo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑiʋo
- Syllabification(key): kai‧vo.
- Hyphenation(key): kai‧vo
Noun
kaivo
- well (water source)
From Proto-Finnic *kaivo. Equivalent to kaivaa (“to dig”) + -o. Cognate with Estonian kaev.
kaivo
You can do “kuusi kuuta kuussa”. Which can mean either “six spruces on the moon”, or “six moons in a spruce tree”.
It would be funny if that lead to a real permutation of 3x3 possible meanings, but the word for six can only be six in that context.