See also: luvà

Galician

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Etymology

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13th century. From Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa, palm of the hand), from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (palm of the hand).[1] Alternatively, from Suevic [Term?] *glufa,[2] from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (compare dialectal Spanish goluba).

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luva f (plural luvas)

  1. glove
    • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 184:
      Et quando veu que se aviã de partir, arrebatou lle hũa luba da maão
      And when he saw that it was time to go, he snatched a glove from her hand
    • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:
      Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.
      And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows
    Synonym: guante

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “lúa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. luva.

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

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luva f

  1. love

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  • Royal Flemish Academy of Language and Literature (1886) Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (Reports and announcements of the Royal Flemish Academy of Language and Literature), page 126

Portuguese

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luvas

Etymology

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From Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa, palm of the hand), from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (palm of the hand).[1] More at loof, glove.

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luva f (plural luvas)

  1. (clothing) glove
  2. type of sleeve for connecting pipes
  3. (in the plural, figuratively) tip; bribe
    Synonym: suborno
    • 2016 February 5, Mariana Oliveira, “Processo de Veiga resultou de carta rogatória das autoridades francesas”, in Público[2]:
      Os investigadores acreditam que Veiga e Paulo Santana Lopes receberam milhões em luvas de empresas que queriam investir no Congo, uma antiga colónia francesa, onde os dois portugueses, sócios, viviam há uns anos.
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  1. ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2012 May 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 27 May 2012

Swedish

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luva c

  1. a simple brimless (close-fitting) hat made from a soft material, like a knit cap
  2. a hood (on for example a jacket or a hoodie)
    Synonyms: huva, kapuschong

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Declension of luva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative luva luvan luvor luvorna
Genitive luvas luvans luvors luvornas

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