houve

== Galician == === Verb === houve (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver == Middle English == === Alternative forms === houe, houfe, houffe, houwe, howe, howfe, howve huve (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English hūfe (“a covering for the head”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (“hood, cowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch huif (“hood, tent”), German Haube (“hood, bonnet, cap”), Swedish huva (“hood, bonnet, cap”), Icelandic húfa (“cap”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuːv(ə)/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈhuː(v)/, /ˈhuː(f)/ === Noun === houve (plural houves) A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. I pray yow alle, that ye nat yow greve,Thogh I answere, and somdeel sette his howve - Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, ll.56-57 (specifically) A lawyer's coif. ==== Descendants ==== Scots: how, hou ==== References ==== “hǒuve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Homophone: ouve Hyphenation: hou‧ve === Verb === houve first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver