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Etymology
From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na vo, from Proto-Oceanic *na pose, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.
Noun
näve
- paddle
References
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hnefi, compare with Norwegian Bokmål neve.
Pronunciation
Noun
näve c
- (informal) (human) hand
- (informal) handful; as much as the hand will grasp or contain
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