näve

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See also: nave, naeve, nāve, næve, and nāvē

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Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na vo, from Proto-Oceanic *na pose, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.

Noun

näve

  1. 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.

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Noun

näve c

  1. (informal) (human) hand
  2. (informal) handful; as much as the hand will grasp or contain

Declension

Declension of näve 
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Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative näve näven nävar nävarna
Genitive näves nävens nävars nävarnas

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