neve

See also: Neve, nevé, névé, and ñeve

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Doublet of nephew; compare nift (“niece”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /niːv/
Rhymes: -iːv

NounEdit

neve (plural neves)

(rare or obsolete) Nephew.
- 1920, Wilhelm Robert Richard Pinger, Laurence Sterne and Goethe:
  Iwein considers it his right and duty to avenge his neve, and is much exercised when Artûs proposes to go to the well with his full strength, for he apprehends that the king will give the distinction of the combat to his sister's son Gâwein.
(rare or obsolete) A male cousin.
- 1988, Michael Tepper, New World immigrants:
  Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop.
(rare or obsolete) A grandson.
(rare) A spendthrift.

Related termsEdit

nift
nevvy, neffy

AnagramsEdit

Even, eevn, even, even-

AiwooEdit

NounEdit

neve

bone (of mammals, birds)

ReferencesEdit

Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

An innovation stemming from Early Proto-Albanian *nōhōn. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *nasъ (“our”).^[1]

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /nɛvɛ/

PronounEdit

neve

(to) us; dative of ne

ReferencesEdit

^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 255

CheyenneEdit

NumeralEdit

neve

four

GalicianEdit

Neve, Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese neve (“snow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈnɛβɪ]

NounEdit

neve f (plural neves)

snow

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

neve

first-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

ReferencesEdit

“neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“neue” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“neve” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“neve” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

NounEdit

neve

snow

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: ne‧ve

NounEdit

neve

third-person singular single-possession possessive of név
Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal) / What is his/her/its name?

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	neve	—
accusative	nevét	—
dative	nevének	—
instrumental	nevével	—
causal-final	nevéért	—
translative	nevévé	—
terminative	nevéig	—
essive-formal	neveként	—
essive-modal	nevéül	—
inessive	nevében	—
superessive	nevén	—
adessive	nevénél	—
illative	nevébe	—
sublative	nevére	—
allative	nevéhez	—
elative	nevéből	—
delative	nevéről	—
ablative	nevétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	nevéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	nevééi	—

ItalianEdit

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

neve

Wikipedia ^it

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nivem, accusative of nix, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: né‧ve
Rhymes: -eve

NounEdit

neve f (plural nevi)

(weather) snow
(slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

vene

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

neu

EtymologyEdit

From nē +‎ -ve.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.u̯e/, [ˈneːu̯ɛ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/, [ˈnɛːvɛ]

ConjunctionEdit

nēve

and not, or not (nor)

ReferencesEdit

neve in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
neve in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
neve in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French neveu

NounEdit

neve

nephew

ReferencesEdit

Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *nefo, nevo, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

NounEdit

nēve m

male relative
1. male cousin
2. nephew
3. grandson

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

Dutch: neef
- Afrikaans: neef
- → Papiamentu: neefie (dated)
- → Sranan Tongo: neifo
- → West Frisian: neef
Limburgish: naef

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English nefa, nefe, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô.

Alternative formsEdit

neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/

NounEdit

neve (plural neves)

A nephew (offspring of one's sibling)
One's offspring or descendants.
(rare) A neve or profligate; an overspender.

DescendantsEdit

English: neve (obsolete)

ReferencesEdit

“nēve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

Alternative formsEdit

nefe, neffe

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

NounEdit

neve (plural neves)

nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

DescendantsEdit

English: nieve, nief, nief (dialectal)
Scots: nieve, neive

ReferencesEdit

“nēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hnefi.

NounEdit

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural never, definite plural nevene)

a fist (clenched hand)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hnefi.

NounEdit

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural nevar, definite plural nevane)

a fist (clenched hand)

Derived termsEdit

nevekamp

ReferencesEdit

“neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

PortugueseEdit

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

neve

Wikipedia ^pt

neve

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”).

PronunciationEdit

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vi/, [ˈn̪ɛ.vɪ]
Hyphenation: ne‧ve

NounEdit

neve f (plural neves)

snow
- 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:
  Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…
  When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

Related termsEdit

nevão
nevar

nevasca

Seychellois CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French neveu

NounEdit

neve

nephew

ReferencesEdit

Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

[1] Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 255

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