nevo

See also: nevö, nevó, nevø, and него

Catalan

Verb

nevo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of nevar

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French neveu, from Latin nepos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂népōts. Doublet of nepo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnevo/

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• Hyphenation: ne‧vo
• Rhymes: -evo

Noun

nevo (accusative singular nevon, plural nevoj, accusative plural nevojn)

1. nephew

Derived terms

• neviĉo
• nevino
• pranevo

 

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Galician

Verb

nevo

1. first-person singular present indicative of nevar

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nevo, English nephew, French neveu, German Neffe, Italian nipote, most from Latin nepos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂népōts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnevo/

Noun

nevo (plural nevi)

1. nephew or niece, nibling

   Hyponyms: nevulo, nevino

Derived terms

• genevi

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin naevus, from earlier gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁iwós (“native”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).
Doublet of neo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɛvo
• Hyphenation: ne‧vo

Noun

nevo m (plural nevi)

1. (rare except medicine) mole (spot on the skin)

   Synonym: neo

References

• nevo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Nove, nove

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Ligurian

Noun

nevo ? (please provide plural)

1. nephew

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Old French

Noun

nevo m (oblique plural nevos, nominative singular niés, nominative plural nevo)

1. Alternative form of neveu

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• nefo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nefô, whence also Old English nefa, Old Norse nefi.

Noun

nevo m

1. nephew

Descendants

• Middle High German: nëfe, nëve, nëf, nebe
  • Cimbrian: néf
  • German: Neffe
    • → German Low German: Neffe

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naevus.

Noun

nevo m (plural nevos)

1. (anatomy) naevus (pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin)

   Synonym: pinta

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Romani

Alternative forms

• nyevo

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नव (nava).

Adjective

nevo (feminine nevi, plural neve)

1. new

   Antonym: phurano

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nevo”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401
• Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40