ovum
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg and ey.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ovum (plural ova)
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay ovum, from Latin ōvum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ovum (plural ovum-ovum, first-person possessive ovumku, second-person possessive ovummu, third-person possessive ovumnya)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ovum” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ovum
Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión), Old Church Slavonic аице (aice), Persian خایه (ḵẖāya), Old Norse egg, Old English ǣġ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ōvum n (genitive ōvī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ōvum | ōva |
Genitive | ōvī | ōvōrum |
Dative | ōvō | ōvīs |
Accusative | ōvum | ōva |
Ablative | ōvō | ōvīs |
Vocative | ōvum | ōva |
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Descendants[edit]
All descendants reflect an initial [ɔ], not [oː]. For the sound change involved, see colober.
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- →? Albanian: ve
- Learned borrowings:
References[edit]
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- “ovum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, likely a derivative of *h₂éwis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ovum (Jawi spelling اوۏوم, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔvʊm
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔvʊm/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Indonesian/vʊm
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- Rhymes:Indonesian/ʊm
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- la:Eggs
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- Rhymes:Malay/vom
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- ms:Cytology
- ms:Embryology