# lova
## Ajië
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lova]

### Noun

lova
* dog

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Faroese
### Verb

lova (third person singular past indicative lovaði, third person plural past indicative lovað, supine lovað)
* to praise

#### Conjugation
## French
### Pronunciation

IPA: /lɔ.va/

### Verb

lova
* third-person singular past historic of lover

### Anagrams

* vola

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese louvar.

### Verb

lova
* to praise

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From the lov- stem of ló (“horse”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlovɒ]
* Hyphenation: lo‧va

### Noun

lova
* 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)

#### Declension
## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀwāˀ (“place to sleep”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloː.ʋɐ/

### Noun

lóva f (plural lóvos) stress pattern 1
* bed (furniture used for sleeping)
* (dialectal) bed (garden plot)

#### Synonyms

* (furniture for sleeping): patalas
* (garden plot): lysvė, ežia

#### Derived terms

* lovelė
* lovatiesė

## Livonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lava, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *lā́ˀwāˀ. Cognates include Finnish lava.

### Noun

lova
* bedstead

## Nakanai
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ropa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah (“fathom”).

### Verb

lova
* to measure in fathoms with arms outstretched

### Noun

lova
* a fathom apart
* counting classifer for fathoms
    lova-saa ― one fathom
    lova-lua ― two fathoms

### References

* Ward H. Goodenough, Ann Chowning (2016) A Dictionary of The Lakalai (Nakanai) Language of New Britain, Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific Linguistics; A-PL 29)‎, Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 100

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lovet
* lovde, lovte (simple past of Verb 2)
* lovd, lovt (past participle of Verb 2)

### Verb

lova
* inflection of love:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse lofa.

#### Alternative forms

* love (e-infinitive)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²loːʋɑ/

#### Verb

lova (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)
* to promise
* to bode (as in to bode well)

#### Verb

lova (present tense lovar, past tense lova, past participle lova, passive infinitive lovast, present participle lovande, imperative lova/lov)
* to praise

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* loven m sg

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloːʋɑ/

#### Noun

lova f sg
* definite feminine singular of lov

### References

* “lova” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* oval, vola

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* luva

### Etymology

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

### Verb

lova
* to permit, allow
* to praise

#### Descendants

* Swedish: lova

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Romani love. Compare Russian лавэ (lavɛ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǒːʋa/
* Hyphenation: lo‧va

### Noun

lóva f (Cyrillic spelling ло́ва)
* (slang) money, dough
    Synonyms: kȅš, nòvac, pàra
    Žao mi je, ali nemam love.I'm sorry, but I am out of money.

#### Declension
### Noun

lova (Cyrillic spelling лова)
* genitive singular of lov

### References

* “lova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²loːˌva/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
* to promise; to commit to something
* to assure; to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something)
* to praise

##### Synonyms

* prisa (3.)

##### Related terms

* löfte

##### See also

* utlova
* utlovad

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch loeven. Cognate with Danish luve. Dutch loeven belongs to Dutch loef.

#### Verb

lova (present lovar, preterite lovade, supine lovat, imperative lova)
* to turn a sailing boat more towards the wind