ova

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ova, plural of ovum (“egg”).

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• VOA, OAV, AVO, AoV, AOV, avo

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ova (definite accusative ovanı, plural ovalar)

1. plain (an expanse of land with relatively low relief)

   Synonyms: düzənlik, düzəngah, düzən, ovalıq

Further reading

• “ova” in Obastan.com.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

ova (accusative singular ovan, plural ovaj, accusative plural ovajn)

1. related or pertaining to eggs
2. (attributive) egg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: ò‧va

Noun

ova f

1. plural of ovo m

Anagrams

• -avo, avo

Romanization

ova

1. Rōmaji transcription of おゔぁ
2. Rōmaji transcription of オヴァ

Pronunciation

• ovā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.waː]
• ovā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.va]
• ōva: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.wa]
• ōva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.va]

Verb

ovā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ovō

Noun

ōva n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ōvum

References

• "ova", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Noun

ova

1. plural of uovo (“egg”)

Etymology

From English over.

Preposition

ova

1. over
   • 2024 March 17, Selin Girit and Grujica Andric, “Wetin go happun to your social media accounts wen you die”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:

     Hayley Smith husband, Matthew, bin die of cancer ova two years ago at di age of 33.

     Hayley Smith's husband, Matthew, died of cancer over two years ago at the age of 33.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧va

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ŏva f sg (“roe”), from Latin ōva n pl (“eggs”). Doublet of ovo (“egg”), from the Latin singular ōvum. Compare Spanish hueva.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• aua (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)
• ava (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Compare French eau, Piedmontese eva.

Noun

ova f

1. (Puter) water

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒʋaː/

Pronoun

òvā (Cyrillic spelling о̀ва̄)

1. feminine nominative singular of ovaj
2. neuter nominative plural of ovaj
3. neuter accusative plural of ovaj

Etymology

Plural of Sicilian ovu; ultimately from Latin ova, after the vulgarization of ovum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.va/
• Hyphenation: ò‧va

Noun

ova m pl

1. plural of ovu m; eggs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoba/ [ˈo.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: o‧va

Verb

ova

1. inflection of ovar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوا, from Proto-Turkic *oba (“cavity, valley”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: o‧va

Noun

ova (definite accusative ovayı, plural ovalar)

1. plain, grassy plain, lowland

Further reading

• “ova”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ova”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı