pava

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pava"

Catalan

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈpa.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpa.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.va]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈpa.βa]

Adjective

pava

1. feminine singular of pau (“credulous”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.va/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

pava

1. third-person singular past historic of paver

Latin

pāvae (peahens)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.va]

Noun

pāva f (genitive pāvae); first declension

1. peahen; also eaten as a delicacy.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāva	pāvae
genitive	pāvae	pāvārum
dative	pāvae	pāvīs
accusative	pāvam	pāvās
ablative	pāvā	pāvīs
vocative	pāva	pāvae

Related terms

• pāvō
• pāvōnīnus

Descendants

• → Russian: пава (pava)

References

• “pava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "pava", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pava”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paver.

Verb

a pava (third-person singular present pavează, past participle pavat) 1st conjugation

1. to pave

Conjugation

    conjugation of pava (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a pava
gerund			pavând
past participle			pavat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	pavez	pavezi	pavează	pavăm	pavați	pavează
	imperfect	pavam	pavai	pava	pavam	pavați	pavau
	simple perfect	pavai	pavași	pavă	pavarăm	pavarăți	pavară
	pluperfect	pavasem	pavaseși	pavase	pavaserăm	pavaserăți	pavaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să pavez	să pavezi	să paveze	să pavăm	să pavați	să paveze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		pavează			pavați
	negative		nu pava			nu pavați

Related terms

• pavaj
• paviment

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaba/ [ˈpa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: pa‧va

Noun

pava f (plural pavas)

1. turkey hen
2. (Spain, colloquial) bore
3. (Rioplatense) kettle, boiler
4. (Puerto Rico) a type of straw hat made from palm fibers.

Derived terms

• echar la pava
• pava de monte
• pava hedionda
• pava real
• pelar la pava

Further reading

• “pava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “pava”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• pava | Diccionario • DELE Ahora

Swedish

FWOTD – 20 December 2020

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani pavli, pavali, pava, pavani (“bottle”), cognate to Traveller Norwegian pavvali, pavvani (“bottle”). Nominalization of Romani pi- (“to drink”), with an infinitive suffix -va found in other Romani varieties (but not in Scandoromani), e.g. Kalo Finnish Romani piāvā (“to drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pɑːva/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːva

Noun

pava c

1. (colloquial) a bottle (of alcohol)
   • 1963, Olle Adolphson, “Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken”, in Resan hem‎^[1]:

     Med pavan uti fickan och med lurporna på sne’ / De var sura för de aldrig fick va’ me’.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of pava

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pava	pavas
	definite	pavan	pavans
plural	indefinite	pavor	pavors
	definite	pavorna	pavornas

Derived terms

• halvpava
• helpava

See also

• flarra

References

• “pava”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pava”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pava”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Gerd Carling (2005), “pava”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 97