duva

See also: Duva

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuba (compare Malay tuba).

Noun

duva

a root used to poison fish

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Old Saxon dūƀa (German Low German Duuv), Old High German tūba (German Taube), Old English *dūfe (English dove), Old Norse dúfa (Danish due, Swedish duva), Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (dubō).

Noun

dūva f

dove, pigeon

Descendants

Dutch: duif

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

dūva f

dove, pidgeon

Declension

Declension of dūva (on-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dūva	dūvan	dūvu(r), -o(r)	dūvuna(r), -ona(r)
accusative	dūvu, -o	dūvuna, -ona	dūvu(r), -o(r)	dūvuna(r), -ona(r)
dative	dūvu, -o	dūvunni, -onne	dūvum, -om	dūvumin, -omen
genitive	dūvu, -o	dūvunna(r), -onna(r)	dūva	dūvanna

Descendants

Swedish: duva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dūva, from Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål due, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

Noun

duva c

a dove; a pigeon
a dove, a friend of peace
parlamentets hökar och duvor
the parliament's hawks and doves

Declension

Declension of duva
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	duva	duvan	duvor	duvorna
Genitive	duvas	duvans	duvors	duvornas

Related terms

brevduva
duvblå
duvfjäder
duvfågel
duvgrå
duvhök

duvkulla
duvkutter
duvpost
duvskytte
duvslag
duvunge

fredsduva
lerduva
skogsduva
turturduva

Verb

duva (present duvar, preterite duvade, supine duvat, imperative duva)

(sailing) to heave (of a ship rocking forward)

Declension

Conjugation of duva (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	duva	—
Present tense	duvar	—
Past tense	duvade	—
Supine	duvat	—
Imperative	duva	—
Present participle	duvande
Past participle	—

Synonyms

stampa

References

duva in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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