lova

• IPA^(key): [lova]

lova

1. dog

• 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

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)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lawˀaˀ; compare Latvian lâva, Russian лава (lava), лавка (lavka, “bench”), Slovene lava (“sideboard”). From Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognates may include Old Norse lófi, láfi (“threshing barn”), Sanskrit लुनाति (lunā́ti, “cut, divide”).

• 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

Akin to Finnish lava.

lova

1. bedstead

• 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

• loven

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːʋɑ/

lova m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lov

From Old Norse lofa.

• love

• 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” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• luva

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

lova

1. to permit, allow
2. to praise

• Swedish: lova

From Romani lova. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).

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

lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)

1. (slang) money, dough

   Žao mi je, ali nemam love.

   I'm sorry, but I am out of dough.

• kȅš
• nòvac
• pàra

lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)

1. genitive singular of lov

• “lova” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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

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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

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