neve
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepoter-, *népōts, *nepo- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with West Frisian neef (“cousin, nephew”), Dutch neef (“nephew”), Low German neve (“nephew”), German Neffe (“nephew”), Icelandic nefi (“kinsman”). Compare nift. See also nephew.
PronunciationEdit
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.
- 1920, Wilhelm Robert Richard Pinger, Laurence Sterne and Goethe:
- (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.
- 1988, Michael Tepper, New World immigrants:
- (rare or obsolete) A grandson.
- (rare) A spendthrift.
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GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”).
NounEdit
neve f (plural neves)
VerbEdit
neve
- first-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
neve
- third-person singular (single possession) possessive of név
- Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal)
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 | — |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin nivem, accusative of nix, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
neve f (plural nevi)
- (weather) snow
- (slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
ConjunctionEdit
neve
ReferencesEdit
- neve in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- neve in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
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
NounEdit
neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural nevar, definite plural nevane)
- a fist (clenched hand)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). Cognate with Galician neve, Spanish nieve, Catalan neu, Occitan nèu, Italian neve and Romanian nea.
PronunciationEdit
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…
- Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…
- 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa: