hovud
See also: hovud-
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Alternative forms edit
Dialects
- hovud (Tinn, Hovin, Western Telemark, Åmli, Gjøvdal, Ulvik) (silent d)
- hòvúd (Setesdal)
- huvud (Hedmark, Northern Østerdalen, Upper Valdres, Upper Hallingdal, Gransherad, Hjartdal, Budal, Singsås)
- hugud (Hedmark, Oppland, Lower Hallingdal, Risør, Eastern Telemark, Meldal, Rennebu, Røros, Upper Gauldal, Tydal, Snåsa, Sørli, Nordli, Hattfjelldal) (silent d)
- hòve (Hornnes, Evje, Åmli, Vest-Agder, Rogaland, Hordaland, Sognamål)
- haud (Nordfyrdemål, Sunnmøre, Romsdalsk, Nordmørsk, trø, north) (silent d except in Sunnmøre and Nordfjord)
- hauv (Stangvik, Bjørnskinn)
- haue (Egdemål, Sunnfyrdemål, Romsdalsk, Nordmørsk, Hyllestad, Solund, Southern Helgeland, Alta)
- huu, hue (vik, Eidskog, Hedmark, Østerdalsmål, Hadeland, Eastern Telemark, Lower Telemark, Bardu, Målselv, Øverbygd)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /²hoˑvu/, /²hoˑvʉ/, [²hɞ̞ː.ʋʉ], [²hɞ̞ʋ.ʋʉ]
- (Voss, Hardanger) IPA(key): /²hoːvu/, [²hoː.ʋu]
- (Western Telemark) IPA(key): [²hɞ̞ː.ʋu]
- Rhymes: -vu, -vʉ
- Hyphenation: hò‧vud
- Note: The -d is always silent, except in declensions where it directly follows the v, such as in å hovde, or dialectal dative hovdæ (Setesdal) and hovde (West Telemark).
Noun edit
hovud n (definite singular hovudet, indefinite plural hovud, definite plural hovuda)
- (anatomy) head
- Han slo seg i hovudet.
- He hit his head.
- top, something that resembles a head
- leader, head
- Synonyms: hovding, formann, hovudsmann
Declension edit
Declension of hovud (strong a-stem)
Landsmål declension of hovud (strong a-stem)
- Dialectal declension
West Telemark declension of hovu (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “hovud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.