cev

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See also: cév and cêv

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvь (tube, spool).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cȇv f (Cyrillic spelling це̑в)

  1. tube
  2. duct
  3. pipe

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • cev” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *cěvь (tube, spool).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cẹ̑v f

  1. tube, pipe

Inflection[edit]

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. cév
gen. sing. ceví
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
cév ceví ceví
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ceví ceví ceví
dative
(dajȃlnik)
cévi cevéma cevém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cév ceví ceví
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
cévi cevéh cevéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
cevjó cevéma cevmí

White Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Hmong *cæwᴮ (body, trunk). Related to Proto-Hmong *ɟæwᴮ (leg, branch), whence ces, ceg (leg, branch).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cev (classifier: lub)

  1. body, trunk, main frame

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 11.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 210; 273.