kvae
See also: kvåe
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- /kva:`ə/
Noun
editkvae m (definite singular kvaen, indefinite plural kvaer, definite plural kvaene)
References
edit- “kvae” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Alternative forms
edit- (former official form; now non-standard) kvaa, kvåa, kvåe, kvaada, kvodu
- (Aasen) Kvaae, Kvoda (Kvoa, Kvo'u, Kvo, Ko, Kove, Kode)[1]
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse kváða f.[2] Akin to Swedish kåda. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-, whence also English cud, German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu).
Noun
editkvae f (definite singular kvaa, indefinite plural kvaer, definite plural kvaene)
References
edit- ^ Ivar Aasen lists entries on "Kvaae" and "Kvo(d)a" in his dictionary of 1850.
- ^ “kvae” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns