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See also: ọvụ
Fala
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ovu m (plural ovus)
Derived terms
- ovu de rei
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese ovo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ovu.
Noun
ovu
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese ovo.
Noun
ovu
Sardinian
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo guasto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
òvū
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- ou (eye dialect)
- uou, uovu (eye dialect, diphthongized)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum n. Compare Italian uovo.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovu m (plural ova)
- (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
- (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
- Fìcimu nu beḍḍu pisci d'ovu cu tri ova.
- We made a big omelette with three eggs.
- U massaru mi vulìa dunari na para di ova frischi, ma ci dissi ca sugnu allèrgicu a l'ova.
- The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.
- (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
- Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
Usage notes
- The plural l'ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/, like many other Sicilian and Old Italian words. E.g.: u libbru (m. s.), i libbra (m. p.).
- These nouns, in Italian, are all (percieved and) declined as feminine plurals, even though they were masculine in the singular. Compare Italian le uova.
Derived terms
- cuḍḍura cu l'ova
- ovu frijutu
- ovu sbattutu
- ovu sodu
- pisci d'ovu
- unni càcanu i palummi e fannu l'ova tunni tunni
- uvali
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Swahili
Pronunciation
Adjective
-ovu (declinable)
- evil
- jicho ovu ― evil eye
- mduara ovu ― vicious cycle
- 1952, Biblio [Swahili Union Version Bible], United Bible Societies, Waefeso 4:29:
- Neno lo lote lililo ovu lisitoke vinywani mwenu, […]
- Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, […]
Inflection
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