tave

== English == === Alternative forms === teave === Etymology === From Middle English taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”). === Verb === tave (third-person singular simple present taves, present participle taving, simple past and past participle taved) (intransitive) To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet. (intransitive) To toss or tumble oneself about; act violently, rage, throw a fit. (intransitive) To struggle, toil, strive, labour. (intransitive) To trudge, walk heavily. (ambitransitive) To wrestle. (intransitive, dialectal) To hurry along; gad about. (transitive, dialectal) To distress, overtire. === Noun === tave (plural taves) (dialectal) A difficulty, struggle. (dialectal) A hurry, stir, commotion. === Further reading === According to Gersum Project, OED suggests a connection with teuelyng (“labour, deeds”), from teulen (English toil). == Albanian == === Noun === tave indefinite dative/ablative singular of tavë == Catalan == === Noun === tave m (plural taves) alternative form of tàvec == Cypriot Arabic == === Etymology === From Arabic تَوّ (taww). === Adjective === tave (of time) exact, specific === References === Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 176 == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tɐˈʋʲɛ] === Pronoun === tavè second-person singular accusative of tu