Wiktionary

neve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neve"

English Edit

Etymology Edit

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 Edit

  • IPA(key): /niːv/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːv

Noun Edit

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.

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Anagrams Edit

Aiwoo Edit

Noun Edit

neve

  1. bone (of mammals, birds)

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Albanian Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

IPA(key): /nɛvɛ/

Pronoun Edit

neve

  1. (to) us; dative of ne

References Edit

  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

Cheyenne Edit

Numeral Edit

neve

  1. four

Galician Edit

 
Neve, Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

IPA(key): [ˈnɛβ̞ɪ]

Noun Edit

neve f (plural neves)

  1. snow

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Verb Edit

neve

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

References Edit

  • “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 Edit

Etymology Edit

From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

Noun Edit

neve

  1. snow

Hungarian Edit

Etymology Edit

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation Edit

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

Noun Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

neve f (plural nevi)

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

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Further reading Edit

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

Anagrams Edit

Latin Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From nē +‎ -ve.

Pronunciation Edit

Conjunction Edit

nēve

  1. and not, or not (nor)

References Edit

  • “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 Edit

Etymology Edit

From French neveu.

Noun Edit

neve

  1. nephew

References Edit

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

Middle Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Noun Edit

nēve m

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

Inflection Edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants Edit

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

Further reading Edit

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

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

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Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

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 Edit
  • English: neve (obsolete)
References Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

Alternative forms Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

Noun Edit

neve (plural neves)

  1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)
Descendants Edit
References Edit

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun Edit

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

  1. a fist (clenched hand)

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Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun Edit

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

  1. a fist (clenched hand)

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References Edit

Portuguese Edit

 
Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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neve

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun Edit

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 Edit

Descendants Edit

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

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

Seychellois Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From French neveu.

Noun Edit

neve

  1. nephew

References Edit

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