navele

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === navel, navyl, nawle neavele (AB language); novyl (Promptorium Parvulorum) nawele, novele, novle, nowele, nowil, nowle (East Anglia); novel (East Saxon); navill, navyll (West Midland) navyll, nawyll (Northern); naule (Northwest Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabulô; compare nave. East Anglian and East Saxon forms in -o- are paralleled by similar forms of gavel, implying that a development from /a/ to /ɔ/ occurred in those areas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaːvəl(ə)/, /ˈnavəl(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈnɔ̞ːvəl(ə)/, /ˈnɔvəl(ə)/ (East Anglia, East Saxon) === Noun === navele (plural naveles) navel (of a human or animal) centre, point, hub ==== Descendants ==== English: navel Middle Scots: navill Scots: navel, nyle ==== References ==== “nāvel(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === Latin navicella, diminutive of navis (“boat”). === Noun === navele oblique singular, f (oblique plural naveles, nominative singular navele, nominative plural naveles) small boat