lova

• IPA^(key): [lova]

lova

1. dog

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. 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.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. 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.

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

1. to praise

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.

IPA^(key): /lɔ.va/

lova

1. third-person singular past historic of lover

• vola

From Portuguese louvar.

lova

1. to praise

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

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

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)

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	—

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.ʋɐ/

lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1

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

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

• lovelė
• lovatiesė

From Proto-Finnic *lava, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognates include Finnish lava.

lova

1. bedstead

From Proto-Oceanic *ropa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah (“fathom”).

lova

1. to measure in fathoms with arms outstretched

lova

1. a fathom apart
2. counting classifer for fathoms

   lova-saa ― one fathom

   lova-lua ― two fathoms

• Ward H. Goodenough, Ann Chowning (2016) A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29)‎^[1], Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 100

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

lova

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

From Old Norse lofa.

• love (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²loːʋɑ/

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)

lova (present tense lovar, past tense lova, past participle lova, passive infinitive lovast, present participle lovande, imperative lova/lov)

1. to praise

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• loven m sg

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːʋɑ/

lova f sg

1. definite feminine singular of lov

• “lova” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• oval, vola

• luva

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

lova

1. to permit, allow
2. to praise

• Swedish: lova

From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).

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

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 money.

lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)

1. genitive singular of lov

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

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

• IPA^(key): /²loːˌva/

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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

• prisa (3.)

• löfte

• utlova
• utlovad

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

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

1. to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind