# rova
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sami, from Proto-Samic *roavē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroʋɑ/, [ˈro̞ʋɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -oʋɑ
* Hyphenation: ro‧va

### Noun

rova (obsolete)
* (now only in placenames) forested esker

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rovani
rovani
accusative
nom.
rovani
rovani
gen.
rovani
genitive
rovani
rovieni rovaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rovaani
roviani
inessive
rovassani
rovissani
elative
rovastani
rovistani
illative
rovaani
roviini
adessive
rovallani
rovillani
ablative
rovaltani
roviltani
allative
rovalleni
rovilleni
essive
rovanani
rovinani
translative
rovakseni
rovikseni
abessive
rovattani
rovittani
instructive
comitative
—rovineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rovasi
rovasi
accusative
nom.
rovasi
rovasi
gen.
rovasi
genitive
rovasi
roviesi rovaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rovaasi
roviasi
inessive
rovassasi
rovissasi
elative
rovastasi
rovistasi
illative
rovaasi
roviisi
adessive
rovallasi
rovillasi
ablative
rovaltasi
roviltasi
allative
rovallesi
rovillesi
essive
rovanasi
rovinasi
translative
rovaksesi
roviksesi
abessive
rovattasi
rovittasi
instructive
comitative
—rovinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rovamme
rovamme
accusative
nom.
rovamme
rovamme
gen.
rovamme
genitive
rovamme
roviemme rovaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rovaamme
roviamme
inessive
rovassamme
rovissamme
elative
rovastamme
rovistamme
illative
rovaamme
roviimme
adessive
rovallamme
rovillamme
ablative
rovaltamme
roviltamme
allative
rovallemme
rovillemme
essive
rovanamme
rovinamme
translative
rovaksemme
roviksemme
abessive
rovattamme
rovittamme
instructive
comitative
—rovinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rovanne
rovanne
accusative
nom.
rovanne
rovanne
gen.
rovanne
genitive
rovanne
rovienne rovainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rovaanne
rovianne
inessive
rovassanne
rovissanne
elative
rovastanne
rovistanne
illative
rovaanne
roviinne
adessive
rovallanne
rovillanne
ablative
rovaltanne
roviltanne
allative
rovallenne
rovillenne
essive
rovananne
rovinanne
translative
rovaksenne
roviksenne
abessive
rovattanne
rovittanne
instructive
comitative
—rovinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rovansa
rovansa
accusative
nom.
rovansa
rovansa
gen.
rovansa
genitive
rovansa
roviensa rovainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rovaansa
roviaan roviansa
inessive
rovassaan rovassansa
rovissaan rovissansa
elative
rovastaan rovastansa
rovistaan rovistansa
illative
rovaansa
roviinsa
adessive
rovallaan rovallansa
rovillaan rovillansa
ablative
rovaltaan rovaltansa
roviltaan roviltansa
allative
rovalleen rovallensa
rovilleen rovillensa
essive
rovanaan rovanansa
rovinaan rovinansa
translative
rovakseen rovaksensa
rovikseen roviksensa
abessive
rovattaan rovattansa
rovittaan rovittansa
instructive
comitative
—rovineen rovinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Koivurova
* Rovaniemi

### Anagrams

* Arvo, arvo, varo

## Malagasy
### Noun

rova
* fort

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish rova, probably from Middle Low German rove, a European wanderword related to Latin rapa, rapum (“turnip”) and Greek ῥάφη (rháphē, “turnip”). Doublet of rabba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ruːva/
* Rhymes: -uːva

### Noun

rova c
* a vegetable cultigen with a meaty root from the Rapifera group within the Brassica rapa species, such as the turnip (Brassica rapa subsp. rapa)
* a large older type of pocket watch; a turnip

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | rova | rovas |
| singular | definite | rovan | rovans |
| plural | indefinite | rovor | rovors |
| plural | definite | rovorna | rovornas |

#### Hyponyms

* foderrova
* korova
* majrova

#### Derived terms

* ryssrova

### References

* rova in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowing from Russian ров.

### Noun

rova
* ditch

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “канава”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika