Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese ovo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ovu.

Noun edit

ovu

  1. egg

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese ovo.

Noun edit

ovu

  1. egg

Sardinian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ovu m (plural ovos) (Nuorese)

  1. Alternative form of ou (egg)

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo guasto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronoun edit

òvū

  1. feminine accusative singular of ovaj

Sicilian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum n. Compare Italian uovo.

The irregular plural ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔu/, [ˈɔː.ʋu] (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔvu/
  • Hyphenation: ò‧vu

Noun edit

ovu m (plural ova)

  1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
    Fìcimu nu beḍḍu pisci d'ovu cu tri ova.
    We made a big omelette with three eggs.
    U massaru mi vulìa dunari na para di ova frischi, ma ci dissi ca sugnu allèrgicu a l'ova.
    The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.
  3. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
  4. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

-ovu (declinable)

  1. evil
    jicho ovuevil eye
    mduara ovuvicious cycle
    • 1952, Biblio [Swahili Union Version Bible], United Bible Societies, Waefeso 4:29:
      Neno lo lote lililo ovu lisitoke vinywani mwenu, []
      Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, []

Inflection edit

The only forms used are class 1 mwovu and class 2 waovu.

Derived terms edit