lova

See also: Lova, lóvá, løva, and лова

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lova]

Noun

lova

1. dog

References

• Template:cite. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Template:cite. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Faroese

Verb

lova (third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)

1. to praise

Conjugation

Conjugation of lova (group v-30)
infinitive	lova
supine	lovað
participle (a6)1	lovandi	lovaður
	present	past
first singular	lovi	lovaði
second singular	lovar	lovaði
third singular	lovar	lovaði
plural	lova	lovaðu
	imperative
singular	lova!
plural	lovið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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French

Verb

lova

1. third-person singular past historic of lover

Anagrams

• vola

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese louvar.

Verb

lova

1. to praise

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the lov- stem of ló (“horse”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlovɒ]
• Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun

lova

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of ló

   Esik az eső, hajlik a vessző, haragszik a katona, mert megázik a lova.

   It's raining, the cane is bending, the soldier is angry because his horse is getting wet. (Hungarian children's song)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lova	—
accusative	lovát	—
dative	lovának	—
instrumental	lovával	—
causal-final	lováért	—
translative	lovává	—
terminative	lováig	—
essive-formal	lovaként	—
essive-modal	lovául	—
inessive	lovában	—
superessive	lován	—
adessive	lovánál	—
illative	lovába	—
sublative	lovára	—
allative	lovához	—
elative	lovából	—
delative	lováról	—
ablative	lovától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	lováé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	lováéi	—

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lawˀaˀ; compare Latvian lâva, Russian лава (lava), лавка (lavka, “bench”), Slovene lava (“sideboard”). From Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognates may include Old Norse lófi, láfi (“threshing barn”), Sanskrit लुनाति (lunā́ti, “cut, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ʋɐ/

Noun

lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1

1. bed (furniture used for sleeping)
2. (dialectal) bed (garden plot)

Declension

Declension of lóva

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	lóva	lóvos
genitive (kilmininkas)	lóvos	lóvų
dative (naudininkas)	lóvai	lóvoms
accusative (galininkas)	lóvą	lóvas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	lóva	lóvomis
locative (vietininkas)	lóvoje	lóvose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	lóva	lóvos

Synonyms

• (furniture for sleeping): patalas
• (garden plot): lysvė, ežia

Derived terms

• lovelė
• lovatiesė

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Livonian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish lava.

Noun

lova

1. bedstead

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lovet
• lovde, lovte (simple past of Verb 2)
• lovd, lovt (past participle of Verb 2)

Verb

lova

1. inflection of love:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• loven

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːʋɑ/

Noun

lova m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lov

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lofa.

Alternative forms

• love

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²loːʋɑ/

Verb

lova (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

1. to promise
2. to bode (as in to bode well)

References

• “lova” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• luva

Etymology

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną.

Verb

lova

1. to permit, allow
2. to praise

Conjugation

Conjugation of lova (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	lova			—
participle	lovandi, -e			lovaþer
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lovar	lovi, -e	—	lovaþi, -e	lovaþi, -e
þū	lovar	lovi, -e	lova	lovaþi, -e	lovaþi, -e
han	lovar	lovi, -e	—	lovaþi, -e	lovaþi, -e
vīr	lovum, -om	lovum, -om	lovum, -om	lovaþum, -om	lovaþum, -om
īr	lovin	lovin	lovin	lovaþin	lovaþin
þēr	lova	lovin	—	lovaþu, -o	lovaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lovas	lovis, -es	—	lovaþis, -es	lovaþis, -es
þū	lovas	lovis, -es	—	lovaþis, -es	lovaþis, -es
han	lovas	lovis, -es	—	lovaþis, -es	lovaþis, -es
vīr	lovums, -oms	lovums, -oms	—	lovaþums, -oms	lovaþums, -oms
īr	lovins	lovins	—	lovaþins	lovaþins
þēr	lovas	lovins	—	lovaþus, -os	lovaþins

Descendants

• Swedish: lova

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒːʋa/
• Hyphenation: lo‧va

Noun

lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)

1. (slang) money, dough

   Synonyms: kȅš, nòvac, pàra

   Žao mi je, ali nemam love.

   I'm sorry, but I am out of dough.

Declension

Declension of lova

	singular	plural
nominative	lova	love
genitive	love	lova
dative	lovi	lovama
accusative	lovu	love
vocative	lovo	love
locative	lovi	lovama
instrumental	lovom	lovama

Noun

lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)

1. genitive singular of lov

References

• “lova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną. Cognate with Danish love, Norwegian love, Dutch loven and German loben.

Pronunciation

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Verb

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

1. to promise; to commit to something
2. to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)
3. to praise

Conjugation

Conjugation of lova (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lova		lovas
Supine	lovat		lovats
Imperative	lova		—
Imper. plural1	loven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lovar	lovade	lovas	lovades
Ind. plural1	lova	lovade	lovas	lovades
Subjunctive2	love	lovade	loves	lovades
	Participles
Present participle	lovande
Past participle	lovad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• prisa (3.)

Related terms

• löfte

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch loeven. Cognate with Danish luve. Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.

Verb

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)

1. to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of lova (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lova		—
Supine	lovat		—
Imperative	lova		—
Imper. plural1	loven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lovar	lovade	—	—
Ind. plural1	lova	lovade	—	—
Subjunctive2	love	lovade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	lovande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.