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neve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neve"

English

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Etymology

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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. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

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Noun

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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

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Äiwoo

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Noun

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neve

  1. bone (of mammals, birds)

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

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IPA(key): /nɛvɛ/

Pronoun

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neve

  1. (to) us; dative of ne

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  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

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Numeral

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neve

  1. four

Galician

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Neve, Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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neve f (plural neves)

  1. snow

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Verb

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neve

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

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

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neve

  1. snow

Hungarian

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Etymology

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név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

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

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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

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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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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neve f (plural nevi)

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

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From nē +‎ -ve.

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Conjunction

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nēve

  1. and not, or not (nor)
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.26:
      Caesar ad Lingonas litteras nuntiosque misit, ne eos frumento neve alia re iuvarent
      Caesar sent letters and emissaries to Lingonas so that they could not help them with food nor with another thing.

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  • “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

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Etymology

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From French neveu.

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neve

  1. nephew

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

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nēve m

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

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neve (plural neves)

  1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hnefi.

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

  1. a fist (clenched hand)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hnefi.

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

  1. a fist (clenched hand)

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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    neve f (plural neves)

    1. snow
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    Portuguese

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    neve

    Etymology 1

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

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    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…
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    Further reading

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

    Etymology 2

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    Verb

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    neve

    1. third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

    Seychellois Creole

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    Etymology

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    From French neveu.

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    neve

    1. nephew

    References

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