jyvä

From Proto-Finnic *jüvä (compare Veps jüvä), from Proto-Finno-Permic *jewä, borrowed from an Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley, cereal”). Related to Erzya юв (juv, “awn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjyʋæ/, [ˈjyʋæ]
• Rhymes: -yʋæ
• Syllabification^(key): jy‧vä

jyvä

1. grain, kernel, corn (single seed of grain)
2. (botany) caryopsis (dry fruit typical of the family Poaceae, such as wheat, rice, and corn)
3. (botany) achene (seed of hay)
4. (figuratively, idiomatic) The valuable part of a quantity of apparently similar things.

   erottaa jyvät akanoista ― to separate the wheat from the chaff

   tiedonjyvä ― valuable piece of information

5. grain, corn, bean (single hard particle of a substance)
6. bead, patch (small marker at the end of a barrel of a gun, used for aiming)
7. Synonym of graani (“grain, sense 'unit of measure'”).

• (single particle): jyvänen, hiukkanen, rae
• (bead): jyväsin

• (seed of grain): siemen (“seed”)
• (bead): etutähtäin (“front sight”)

From Proto-Finnic *jüvä. Cognates include Finnish jyvä and Estonian iva.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈjyʋæ/, [ˈjyʋæ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈjyʋæ/, [ˈjyʋæ]
• Rhymes: -yʋæ
• Hyphenation: jy‧vä

jyvä

1. grain, corn
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Peltoilt jo leipä ono korjattu, se korjattii ku vaa päis valmistuivat jyvät.

     Bread is already collected from the fields, it was collected as soon as the corns ripened in their ears.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:

     Noistii joka päivä viskoima[a] lavvan päälle muruja, kovasija ja jyvijä.

     They began to throw crumbs, crusts and grain onto the board every day.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 113