houve

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Galician

Verb

houve

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English hūfe (a covering for the head), from Proto-West Germanic *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (hood, cowl), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (to bend, curve, vault).

Cognate with Dutch huif (hood, tent), German Haube (hood, bonnet, cap), Swedish huva (hood, bonnet, cap), Icelandic húfa (cap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːv(ə)/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈhuː(v)/, /ˈhuː(f)/

Noun

houve (plural houves)

  1. A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
    I pray yow alle, that ye nat yow greve,
    Thogh I answere, and somdeel sette his howve
    - Chaucer, The Reeve's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, ll.56-57
  2. (specifically) A lawyer's coif.

Descendants

  • Scots: how, hou

References

Portuguese

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Verb

houve

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver