ovu
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Guinea-Bissau Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese ovo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ovu.
Noun[edit]
ovu
Kabuverdianu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese ovo.
Noun[edit]
ovu
Sardinian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
òvū
Sicilian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum n. Compare Italian uovo.
The irregular plural ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective[edit]
-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[edit]
The only forms used are class 1 mwovu and class 2 waovu.
Derived terms[edit]
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- Nuorese
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- scn:Zoology
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