stava

== Italian == === Verb === stava third-person singular imperfect indicative of stare === Anagrams === vasta == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === stavet === Verb === stava inflection of stave: simple past past participle == Swedish == === Alternative forms === stafva (obsolete since 1906) === Etymology === From Old Swedish stava, from Old Norse stafa, equivalent to stav (“letter”) +‎ -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɑː.va/ === Verb === stava (present stavar, preterite stavade, supine stavat, imperative stava) to spell (to give the individual letters of a word) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== avstava stavelse stavning === References === “stava”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) stava in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === avats, avtas, savat