töva

See also: tova, Tova, Tóva, tøva, tóvá, and това

Hopi

Noun

töva

1. bone (body part)

Swedish

Etymology

Same as Old Swedish töva, from Middle Low German toven (“wait, delay, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *tabjan-, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰ-éie-, see also Sanskrit दिप्सति (dipsati, “to deceive”).

Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Old Danish tøve. It seems Old Swedish made a difference between töva and tövra, the latter derived from Middle Low German togern and German zögern.

Verb

töva (present tövar, preterite tövade, supine tövat, imperative töva)

1. to delay, to linger

Conjugation

Conjugation of töva (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	töva		—
Supine	tövat		—
Imperative	töva		—
Imper. plural1	töven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tövar	tövade	—	—
Ind. plural1	töva	tövade	—	—
Subjunctive2	töve	tövade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	tövande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• dröja

Related terms

• förtöva
• oförtövad

References

• töva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• töva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• övat