lova
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Ajië
Pronunciation
Noun
lova
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Faroese
Verb
lova (third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)
- to praise
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lova (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lova | |
| supine | lovað | |
| participle (a6)1 | lovandi | lovaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | lovi | lovaði |
| second singular | lovar | lovaði |
| third singular | lovar | lovaði |
| plural | lova | lovaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | lova! | |
| plural | lovið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
French
Pronunciation
Verb
lova
- third-person singular past historic of lover
Anagrams
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese louvar.
Verb
lova
- to praise
Hungarian
Etymology
From the lov- stem of ló (“horse”) + -a (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
lova
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of ló
- Esik az eső, hajlik a vessző, haragszik a katona, mert megázik a lova.
- It's raining, the cane is bending, the soldier is angry because his horse is getting wet. (Hungarian children's song)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lova | — |
| accusative | lovát | — |
| dative | lovának | — |
| instrumental | lovával | — |
| causal-final | lováért | — |
| translative | lovává | — |
| terminative | lováig | — |
| essive-formal | lovaként | — |
| essive-modal | lovául | — |
| inessive | lovában | — |
| superessive | lován | — |
| adessive | lovánál | — |
| illative | lovába | — |
| sublative | lovára | — |
| allative | lovához | — |
| elative | lovából | — |
| delative | lováról | — |
| ablative | lovától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
lováé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
lováéi | — |
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of lóva
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lóva | lóvos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lóvos | lóvų |
| dative (naudininkas) | lóvai | lóvoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lóvą | lóvas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lóva | lóvomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | lóvoje | lóvose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lóva | lóvos |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *lava, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognates include Finnish lava.
Noun
lova
Nakanai
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *ropa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah (“fathom”).
Verb
lova
Noun
lova
- a fathom apart
- counting classifer for fathoms
- lova-saa ― one fathom
- lova-lua ― two fathoms
References
- Ward H. Goodenough, Ann Chowning (2016) A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29), Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 100
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
lova
- inflection of love:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- love (e-infinitive)
Pronunciation
Verb
lova (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)
Verb
lova (present tense lovar, past tense lova, past participle lova, passive infinitive lovast, present participle lovande, imperative lova/lov)
- to praise
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- loven m sg
Pronunciation
Noun
lova f sg
References
- “lova” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.
Verb
lova
Conjugation
Conjugation of lova (weak)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lova | — | |||
| participle | lovandi, -e | lovaþer | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | lovar | lovi, -e | — | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
| þū | lovar | lovi, -e | lova | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
| han | lovar | lovi, -e | — | lovaþi, -e | lovaþi, -e |
| vīr | lovum, -om | lovum, -om | lovum, -om | lovaþum, -om | lovaþum, -om |
| īr | lovin | lovin | lovin | lovaþin | lovaþin |
| þēr | lova | lovin | — | lovaþu, -o | lovaþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
| þū | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
| han | lovas | lovis, -es | — | lovaþis, -es | lovaþis, -es |
| vīr | lovums, -oms | lovums, -oms | — | lovaþums, -oms | lovaþums, -oms |
| īr | lovins | lovins | — | lovaþins | lovaþins |
| þēr | lovas | lovins | — | lovaþus, -os | lovaþins |
Descendants
- Swedish: lova
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).
Pronunciation
Noun
lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)
Declension
Declension of lova
Noun
lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)
References
- “lova” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love, Dutch loven and German loben.
Pronunciation
Verb
lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
- to promise; to commit to something
- to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)
- to praise
Conjugation
Conjugation of lova (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lova | lovas | ||
| Supine | lovat | lovats | ||
| Imperative | lova | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | loven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lovar | lovade | lovas | lovades |
| Ind. plural1 | lova | lovade | lovas | lovades |
| Subjunctive2 | love | lovade | loves | lovades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lovande | |||
| Past participle | lovad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- prisa (3.)
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch loeven. Cognate with Danish luve. Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.
Verb
lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
- to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind
Conjugation
Conjugation of lova (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lova | — | ||
| Supine | lovat | — | ||
| Imperative | lova | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | loven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lovar | lovade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | lova | lovade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | love | lovade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lovande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||