gufa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gufa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːva/
• Rhymes: -ʏːva

Noun

gufa f (genitive singular gufu, nominative plural gufur)

1. steam
2. vapor, vapour
3. (figurative) a gow, a slow fellow

Declension

declension of gufa

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gufa	gufan	gufur	gufurnar
accusative	gufu	gufuna	gufur	gufurnar
dative	gufu	gufunni	gufum	gufunum
genitive	gufu	gufunnar	gufa	gufanna

Synonyms

• (steam): vatnsgufa, (dated) eimur

Derived terms

Derived terms

• gufuskip (a steamboat)
• gufustraujárn
• gufuvél, gufumaskína (a steam engine)
• gufuþrýstingur
• mettuð gufa (saturated vapor)

Iduna

Noun

gufa

1. water
2. river

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment (2007, →ISBN

Italian

Verb

gufa

1. inflection of gufare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• fuga

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gufa f

1. vapor, steam

Synonyms

• (vapour): eimr

Derived terms

• Gufudalir
• Gufunes
• Gufuskálar

Descendants

• Faroese: guva f
• Icelandic: gufa f
• Norwegian Bokmål: gufs m or n