lova
Ajië
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lova]
Noun
lova
- dog
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Faroese
Verb
lova (third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)
- to praise
Conjugation
Conjugation of lova (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | lova | |
supine | lovað | |
participle (a6)1 | lovandi | lovaður |
present | past | |
first singular | lovi | lovaði |
second singular | lovar | lovaði |
third singular | lovar | lovaði |
plural | lova | lovaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | lova! | |
plural | lovið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
French
Verb
lova
- third-person singular past historic of lover
Anagrams
- vola
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese louvar.
Verb
lova
- to praise
Hungarian
Etymology
From the lov- stem of ló (“horse”) + -a (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlovɒ]
- Hyphenation: lo‧va
Noun
lova
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of ló
- Esik az eső, hajlik a vessző, haragszik a katona, mert megázik a lova.
- It's raining, the cane is bending, the soldier is angry because his horse is getting wet. (Hungarian children's song)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lova | — |
accusative | lovát | — |
dative | lovának | — |
instrumental | lovával | — |
causal-final | lováért | — |
translative | lovává | — |
terminative | lováig | — |
essive-formal | lovaként | — |
essive-modal | lovául | — |
inessive | lovában | — |
superessive | lován | — |
adessive | lovánál | — |
illative | lovába | — |
sublative | lovára | — |
allative | lovához | — |
elative | lovából | — |
delative | lováról | — |
ablative | lovától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular | lováé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural | lováéi | — |
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloː.ʋɐ/
Noun
lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1
- bed (furniture used for sleeping)
- (dialectal) bed (garden plot)
Declension
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | lóva | lóvos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | lóvos | lóvų |
dative (naudininkas) | lóvai | lóvoms |
accusative (galininkas) | lóvą | lóvas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | lóva | lóvomis |
locative (vietininkas) | lóvoje | lóvose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | lóva | lóvos |
Synonyms
- (furniture for sleeping): patalas
- (garden plot): lysvė, ežia
Derived terms
- lovelė
- lovatiesė
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lava, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognates include Finnish lava.
Noun
lova
- bedstead
Nakanai
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *ropa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah (“fathom”).
Verb
lova
- to measure in fathoms with arms outstretched
Noun
lova
- a fathom apart
- counting classifer for fathoms
- lova-saa ― one fathom
- lova-lua ― two fathoms
References
- Ward H. Goodenough; Ann Chowning (2016) A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29), Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 100
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- lovet
- lovde, lovte (simple past of Verb 2)
- lovd, lovt (past participle of Verb 2)
Verb
lova
- inflection of love:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse lofa.
Alternative forms
- love (e-infinitive)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²loːʋɑ/
Verb
lova (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)
- to promise
- to bode (as in to bode well)
Verb
lova (present tense lovar, past tense lova, past participle lova, passive infinitive lovast, present participle lovande, imperative lova/lov)
- to praise
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- loven m sg
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloːʋɑ/
Noun
lova f sg
- definite feminine singular of lov
References
- “lova” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- oval, vola
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- luva
Etymology
From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.
Verb
lova
- to permit, allow
- to praise
Conjugation
present | past | ||||
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infinitive | lova | — | |||
participle | lovandi, -e | lovaþer | |||
active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | lovar | lovi, -e | — | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
þū | lovar | lovi, -e | lova | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
han | lovar | lovi, -e | — | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
vīr | lovum, -om | lovum, -om | lovum, -om | lovaþum, -om | lovaþum, -om |
īr | lovin | lovin | lovin | lovaþin | lovaþin |
þēr | lova | lovin | — | lovaþu, -o | lovaþin |
mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
þū | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
han | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
vīr | lovums, -oms | lovums, -oms | — | lovaþums, -oms | lovaþums, -oms |
īr | lovins | lovins | — | lovaþins | lovaþins |
þēr | lovas | lovins | — | lovaþus, -os | lovaþins |
Descendants
- Swedish: lova
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǒːʋa/
- Hyphenation: lo‧va
Noun
lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)
- (slang) money, dough
- Synonyms: kȅš, nòvac, pàra
- Žao mi je, ali nemam love.
- I'm sorry, but I am out of money.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lova | love |
genitive | love | lova |
dative | lovi | lovama |
accusative | lovu | love |
vocative | lovo | love |
locative | lovi | lovama |
instrumental | lovom | lovama |
Noun
lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)
- genitive singular of lov
References
- “lova” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love, Dutch loven and German loben.
Pronunciation
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Verb
lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
- to promise; to commit to something
- to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)
- to praise
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | lova | lovas | ||
Supine | lovat | lovats | ||
Imperative | lova | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | loven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | lovar | lovade | lovas | lovades |
Ind. plural1 | lova | lovade | lovas | lovades |
Subjunctive2 | love | lovade | loves | lovades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | lovande | |||
Past participle | lovad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms
- prisa (3.)
Related terms
- löfte
See also
- utlova
- utlovad
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch loeven.Cognate with Danish luve.Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.
Verb
lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
- to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | lova | — | ||
Supine | lovat | — | ||
Imperative | lova | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | loven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | lovar | lovade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | lova | lovade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | love | lovade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | lovande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |