ovu

== Fala == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ovo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈobu/ Rhymes: -obu Syllabification: o‧vu === Noun === ovu m (plural ovus) egg ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN == Guinea-Bissau Creole == === Etymology === From Portuguese ovo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ovu. === Noun === ovu egg == Kabuverdianu == === Etymology === From Portuguese ovo. === Noun === ovu egg == Sardinian == === Pronunciation === (Nuoro) IPA(key): [ˈoβu] === Noun === ovu m (plural ovos) (Nuorese) alternative form of ou (“egg”) === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo guasto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronoun === òvū feminine accusative singular of ovaj == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === ou (eye dialect) uou, uovu (eye dialect, diphthongized) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum n. Cognate with Occitan uòu, Old Galician-Portuguese ovo , Catalan ou, Italian uovo, Aromanian and Romanian ou. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vu/, [ˈ(w)ɔ.(β)ʊ] Rhymes: -(w)ɔvu, -(w)ɔ(β)ʊ Hyphenation: ò‧vu === Noun === ovu m (plural ova) (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural l'ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/, like many other Sicilian and Old Italian words. E.g.: u libbru (m. s.), i libbra (m. p.). These nouns, in Italian, are all (perceived and) declined as feminine plurals, even though they were masculine in the singular. Compare Italian le uova. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === -ovu (declinable) evil jicho ovu ― evil eye mduara ovu ― vicious cycle ==== Inflection ==== The only forms used are class 1 mwovu and class 2 waovu. ==== Derived terms ==== Nominal derivations: mwovu (“evil person”) uovu (“evil, corruption, badness, immorality”)