houve

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Galician

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Verb

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houve

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English hūfe (a covering for the head), from Proto-West Germanic *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (hood, cowl), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (to bend, curve, vault).

Cognate with Dutch huif (hood, tent), German Haube (hood, bonnet, cap), Swedish huva (hood, bonnet, cap), Icelandic húfa (cap).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhuːv(ə)/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈhuː(v)/, /ˈhuː(f)/

Noun

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houve (plural houves)

  1. A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  2. (specifically) A lawyer's coif.

Descendants

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  • Scots: how, hou

References

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo(w).vi/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).vi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo(w).ve/ [ˈo(ʊ̯).ve]
 

Verb

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houve

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of haver