neve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neve"

English

Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. The word also exists in Kurdish as nevî (“grandson, grandchild”). Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːv/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (rare or obsolete) A grandson.
4. (rare) A spendthrift.

Related terms

• nift
• nevvy, neffy

Anagrams

• Even, eevn, even, even-

Aiwoo

Noun

neve

1. bone (of mammals, birds)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 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.

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛvɛ/

Pronoun

neve

1. (to) us; dative of ne

Cheyenne

Numeral

neve

1. four

Galician

Neve, Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese neve (“snow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛbe/ [ˈnɛ.β̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛbe
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow

Derived terms

• As Neves
• bola de neve
• casa da neve
• neveira

Related terms

• nevada
• nevar
• nevarada
• nevarisca
• Niveiro

Verb

neve

1. inflection of nevar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• “neve” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “neue” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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 Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

Noun

neve

1. snow

Hungarian

Etymology

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of név

   Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal) / What is his/her/its name?

Declension

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	—

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eve
• Hyphenation: né‧ve

Noun

neve f (plural nevi)

1. (weather) snow
2. (slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)

Derived terms

• acquaneve
• bucaneve
• effetto neve
• fiocco di neve
• gatto delle nevi
• nevaio
• neviera
• nevischio

 

Related terms

• innevato
• nevicare
• nevicata
• nevosità
• nevoso
• nivale
• niveo

 

See also

• coltre
• ghiaccio
• imbiancare
• manto
• sci
• slavina
• snowboard
• valanga

Further reading

• neve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• vene

Latin

Alternative forms

• neu

Etymology

From nē +‎ -ve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.u̯e/, [ˈneːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/, [ˈnɛːve]

Conjunction

nēve

1. and not, or not (nor)

References

• “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 Creole

Etymology

From French neveu.

Noun

neve

1. nephew

References

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

nēve m

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: neef
  • Afrikaans: neef
  • → Papiamentu: neefie (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: nefo, neifo
    • → Dutch: niffo
  • → West Frisian: neef
• Limburgish: naef

Further reading

• “neve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “neve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

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

Descendants

• English: neve

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

Alternative forms

• nefe, neffe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

Descendants

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

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

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

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• knyttneve
• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nåvå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

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

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

Noun

neve f (plural *neves)

1. snow
   • 13th century, Afonso X, “Ao dayā de calez euachei” (cantiga 493), in Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional:

     Econ todesto aynda faz al
     cono liuᵒs q̄ tem per bōa fe
     Sē acha molhr̄ q̄ aia mal
     deste fago q̄ de ssam Marcal e
     assy uai per foder ē cantar
     q̄ fodendo lhi ffaz bem
     Semelhar q̄ e geada ou ne ue nō al

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• *nevar (“to snow”)

Descendants

• Fala: nevi
• Galician: neve
• Portuguese: neve
  • Kabuverdianu: nevi

References

• "neve" in UC/Glosario, s.v. xxx, in Ferreiro, Manuel (dir.) (2014): Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa. Universidade da Coruña.

Portuguese

neve

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese neve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.bɨ/ [ˈnɛ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve f (plural neves)

1. 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 terms

• nevada
• nevado
• nevão
• nevar
• nevasca

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: nevi

See also

• floco de neve
• folheca

Further reading

• “neve” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

neve

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French neveu.

Noun

neve

1. nephew

References

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