helve

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛlv/ Rhymes: -ɛlv === Noun === helve (plural helves) The handle or haft of a tool or weapon. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === helve (third-person singular simple present helves, present participle helving, simple past and past participle helved) (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve. ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *helbeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old High German helwa, helawa), or alternatively a more recent Germanic borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -elʋe Syllabification(key): hel‧ve Hyphenation(key): hel‧ve === Noun === helve (botany) lodicule ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “helve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *helbeh. Cognates include Finnish helve and Estonian helves. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʲʋ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋe/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeh/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞h] Rhymes: -elʋ, -elʋe Hyphenation: hel‧ve === Noun === helve lodicule ==== Declension ==== === References === Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 35 == Latin == === Adjective === helve vocative masculine singular of helvus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hylve, helfe, hilve, halve, alffe, hellfe === Etymology === From Old English hielfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛlv(ə)/, /ˈhilv(ə)/, /hɛlf/ === Noun === helve helve (grip of an implement) ==== Descendants ==== English: helve Scots: helf ==== References ==== “helve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 March 2019.