ovum
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg and ey.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ovum (plural ova)
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IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Malay ovum, from Latin ōvum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ovum (plural ovum-ovum, first-person possessive ovumku, second-person possessive ovummu, third-person possessive ovumnya)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ovum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
ovum
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión), Old Church Slavonic аице (aice), Persian خایه (xâye), Old Norse egg, Old English ǣġ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ōvum n (genitive ōvī); second declension
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ōvum | ōva |
Genitive | ōvī | ōvōrum |
Dative | ōvō | ōvīs |
Accusative | ōvum | ōva |
Ablative | ōvō | ōvīs |
Vocative | ōvum | ōva |
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DescendantsEdit
All descendants reflect Proto-Romance */ˈɔβu/, with an initial [ɔ], not [oː]. For the sound change involved, see colober.
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- →? Albanian: ve
- Learned borrowings:
ReferencesEdit
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- “ovum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, likely a derivative of *h₂éwis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ovum (Jawi spelling اوۏوم, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)