näve

See also: nave, naeve, nāve, næve, and nāvē

Aiwoo

Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na vo, from Proto-Oceanic *na pose, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.

Noun

näve

1. paddle

References

• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi, compare with Norwegian Bokmål neve.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

näve c

1. (informal) (human) hand
2. (informal) handful; as much as the hand will grasp or contain

Declension

Declension of näve
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	näve	näven	nävar	nävarna
Genitive	näves	nävens	nävars	nävarnas

Derived terms

• knytnäve
• nävkamp
• nävrätt
• ta till nävarna

Further reading

• näve in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• väne, även