lova

== Ajië == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lova] === Noun === lova dog === References === Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: 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 ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɔ.va/ === 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 ==== Declension ==== == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [¹ˈloːʋɐ] Rhymes: -oːʋɐ Syllabification: ló‧va === Noun === lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1 bed (furniture used for sleeping) (dialectal) bed (garden plot) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (furniture for sleeping): patalas (garden plot): lysvė, ežia ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutive) lovytė, lovelė lovatiesė == Livonian == === Noun === lova obsolete spelling of lovā === References === Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch == 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)‎[1], 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 ==== ==== 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 ==== Declension ==== === Noun === lova (Cyrillic spelling лова) genitive singular of lov === Further reading === “lova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną, equivalent to lov +‎ -a. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love, Dutch loven, German loben. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²loːˌva/ ==== 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, to laud Synonym: prisa ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== löfte ===== See also ===== utlova utlovad === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Dutch loeven, from loef (“windward side”). Cognate with Danish luve. ==== Verb ==== lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova) (nautical) to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== lovart === References === “lova”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) lova in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)