duve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duve"

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.

Noun

duve f

1. pigeon, dove

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: duif
  • Afrikaans: duif
  • Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie
  • → Sranan Tongo: doifi
• Limburgish: doef

Further reading

• “duve (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “duve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

duve

1. Alternative form of douve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

duve f (definite singular duva, indefinite plural duver or duvor, definite plural duvene or duvone)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of due

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀼𑀯𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• दुवे (Devanagari script)
• দুৰে (Bengali script)
• දුවෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ဒုဝေ or ၻုဝေ (Burmese script)
• ทุเว (Thai script)
• ᨴᩩᩅᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ທຸເວ (Lao script)
• ទុវេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄪𑅇𑄬 (Chakma script)

Numeral

duve

1. nominative/accusative plural of dvi (“two”)