ruva
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Franco-Provençal
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruva (Fribourgeois)
References
[edit]- roue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]ruva (present tense ruvar or ruver, past tense ruva or ruvde, past participle ruva or ruvt or ruvd, present participle ruvande, imperative ruv)
- to tower (to be very tall)
- Dei nye høghusa ruvar over dei små bygningane i gamlebyen.
- The new high-rise houses tower above the small buildings of the old city.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruva f
References
[edit]- “ruva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruva (Cyrillic spelling рува)
- inflection of ruvo:
Shona
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *dìdʊ̀bà.
Noun
[edit]ruva class 5 (plural maruva class 6)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish ruva, ruga. First attested in the 1500s.[1]
Cognate with Norwegian ruva, Icelandic hrufa, German rufe, Middle Low German rōve, and Middle High German hruf, ruf.
Also likely cognate with Swedish rysa (“shiver”) and rå (“uncovered”).
Noun
[edit]ruva c
- A tiny scab.
- Coordinate term: sårskorpa (“scab”)
- Jag fick en ruva från finnen.
- I got a tiny scab from the zit.
Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown origin.
Possibly from Swedish ruka (“small pile”), cognate with Icelandic hrúga (“heap, pile”). First attested in 1640.[2]
Verb
[edit]ruva (present ruvar, preterite ruvade, supine ruvat, imperative ruva)
- to brood (to keep an egg warm)
- i Mordors land, där skuggorna ruvar
- in the land of Mordor, where the shadows brood
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ruva (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | ruva | ruvas | ||
Supine | ruvat | ruvats | ||
Imperative | ruva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | ruven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | ruvar | ruvade | ruvas | ruvades |
Ind. plural1 | ruva | ruvade | ruvas | ruvades |
Subjunctive2 | ruve | ruvade | ruves | ruvades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | ruvande | |||
Past participle | ruvad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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- Fribourgeois
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