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lova

See also: Lova, lóvá, løva, and лова

Ajië edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lova

  1. dog

References edit

Faroese edit

Verb edit

lova (third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)

  1. to praise

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of lova (group v-30)
infinitive lova
supine lovað
participle (a6)1 lovandi lovaður
present past
first singular lovi lovaði
second singular lovar lovaði
third singular lovar lovaði
plural lova lovaðu
imperative
singular lova!
plural lovið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

French edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /lɔ.va/

Verb edit

lova

  1. third-person singular past historic of lover

Anagrams edit

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese louvar.

Verb edit

lova

  1. to praise

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From the lov- stem of ló (“horse”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlovɒ]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun edit

lova

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of ló
    Esik az eső, hajlik a vessző, haragszik a katona, mert megázik a lova.
    It's raining, the cane is bending, the soldier is angry because his horse is getting wet. (Hungarian children's song)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lova —
accusative lovát —
dative lovának —
instrumental lovával —
causal-final lováért —
translative lovává —
terminative lováig —
essive-formal lovaként —
essive-modal lovául —
inessive lovában —
superessive lován —
adessive lovánál —
illative lovába —
sublative lovára —
allative lovához —
elative lovából —
delative lováról —
ablative lovától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		lováé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		lováéi —

Lithuanian edit

 
Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1

  1. bed (furniture used for sleeping)
  2. (dialectal) bed (garden plot)

Declension edit

Declension of lóva
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) lóva lóvos
genitive (kilmininkas) lóvos lóvų
dative (naudininkas) lóvai lóvoms
accusative (galininkas) lóvą lóvas
instrumental (įnagininkas) lóva lóvomis
locative (vietininkas) lóvoje lóvose
vocative (šauksmininkas) lóva lóvos

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Livonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lava, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognates include Finnish lava.

Noun edit

lova

  1. bedstead

Nakanai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *ropa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah (“fathom”).

Verb edit

lova

  1. to measure in fathoms with arms outstretched

Noun edit

lova

  1. a fathom apart
  2. counting classifer for fathoms
    lova-saa ― one fathom
    lova-lua ― two fathoms

References edit

  • Ward H. Goodenough, Ann Chowning (2016) A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29)‎[1], Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 100

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

lova

  1. inflection of love:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lofa.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lova (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

  1. to promise
  2. to bode (as in to bode well)

Verb edit

lova (present tense lovar, past tense lova, past participle lova, passive infinitive lovast, present participle lovande, imperative lova/lov)

  1. to praise

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lova f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of lov

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Anagrams edit

Old Swedish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.

Verb edit

lova

  1. to permit, allow
  2. to praise

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of lova (weak)
present past
infinitive lova —
participle lovandi, -e lovaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lovar lovi, -e — lovaþi, -e lovaþi, -e
þū lovar lovi, -e lova lovaþi, -e lovaþi, -e
han lovar lovi, -e — lovaþi, -e lovaþi, -e
vīr lovum, -om lovum, -om lovum, -om lovaþum, -om lovaþum, -om
īr lovin lovin lovin lovaþin lovaþin
þēr lova lovin — lovaþu, -o lovaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lovas lovis, -es — lovaþis, -es lovaþis, -es
þū lovas lovis, -es — lovaþis, -es lovaþis, -es
han lovas lovis, -es — lovaþis, -es lovaþis, -es
vīr lovums, -oms lovums, -oms — lovaþums, -oms lovaþums, -oms
īr lovins lovins — lovaþins lovaþins
þēr lovas lovins — lovaþus, -os lovaþins

Descendants edit

  • Swedish: lova

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lǒːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun edit

lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)

  1. (slang) money, dough
    Synonyms: kȅš, nòvac, pàra
    Žao mi je, ali nemam love.
    I'm sorry, but I am out of money.

Declension edit

Declension of lova
singular plural
nominative lova love
genitive love lova
dative lovi lovama
accusative lovu love
vocative lovo love
locative lovi lovama
instrumental lovom lovama

Noun edit

lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)

  1. genitive singular of lov

References edit

  • “lova” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love, Dutch loven and German loben.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²loːˌva/
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Verb edit

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

  1. to promise; to commit to something
  2. to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)
  3. to praise
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lova (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lova lovas
Supine lovat lovats
Imperative lova —
Imper. plural1 loven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lovar lovade lovas lovades
Ind. plural1 lova lovade lovas lovades
Subjunctive2 love lovade loves lovades
Participles
Present participle lovande
Past participle lovad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Dutch loeven. Cognate with Danish luve. Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.

Verb edit

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

  1. to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lova (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lova —
Supine lovat —
Imperative lova —
Imper. plural1 loven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lovar lovade — —
Ind. plural1 lova lovade — —
Subjunctive2 love lovade — —
Participles
Present participle lovande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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