mave

mave

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish maghæ, from Old Norse magi (“stomach”), from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːvə/, [ˈmæːwə], [ˈmæːʊ]

Noun

mave c (singular definite maven, plural indefinite maver)

1. stomach
2. tummy
3. belly
4. abdomen
5. potbelly, paunch

Inflection

Declension of mave

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mave	maven	maver	maverne
genitive	maves	mavens	mavers	mavernes

See also

• mave on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From the noun mave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːvɘ/, [ˈmæːwə]

Verb

mave (imperative mav, infinitive at mave, present tense maver, past tense mavede, perfect tense har mavet)

1. (reflexive) to bellycrawl

Conjugation

Conjugation of mave

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	mave	maves
Present tense	maver	maves
Past tense	mavede	mavedes
Imperative	mav	-
Participle
Present	mavende
Past	mavet
Gerund	maven

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mage

Etymology

From Danish mave, which is from Old Norse magi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ve/, [ˈmaː.ʋə]

Noun

mave m (definite singular maven, indefinite plural maver, definite plural mavene)

1. abdomen, belly, stomach

References

“mave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• maoue
• maue
• mauve
• miawe

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English mæw.

Noun

mave f (oblique plural maves, nominative singular mave, nominative plural maves)

1. gull; seagull

Derived terms

• moette

References

• mauve on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mauve)