# ova
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -əʊvə

#### Noun

ova
* (scientific term) plural of ovum

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

ova
* (nonstandard, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of over.
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### Anagrams

* VOA, OAV, AVO, AoV, AOV, avo

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ova (definite accusative ovanı, plural ovalar)
* plain (an expanse of land with relatively low relief)
    Synonyms: düzənlik, düzəngah, düzən, ovalıq

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ova” in Obastan.com.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

ova (accusative singular ovan, plural ovaj, accusative plural ovajn)
* related or pertaining to eggs
* (attributive) egg

#### Related terms

* ovo

## Italian
### Noun

ova f
* plural of ovo

### Anagrams

* -avo, avo

## Japanese
### Romanization

ova
* Rōmaji transcription of おゔぁ
* Rōmaji transcription of オヴァ

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* ovā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈo.u̯aː/, [ˈou̯äː]
* ovā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.va/, [ˈɔːvä]
* ōva: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈoː.u̯a/, [ˈoːu̯ä]
* ōva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈo.va/, [ˈɔːvä]

### Verb

ovā
* second-person singular present active imperative of ovō

### Noun

ōva n
* 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)

## Neapolitan
### Noun

ova
* plural of uovo (“egg”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔ.vɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔ.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɔ.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔ.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔ.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔ.bɐ/ [ˈɔ.βɐ]
* 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.

#### Noun

ova f (plural ovas)
* roe (fish eggs)

##### Derived terms

* uma ova

#### See also

* caviar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ova
* inflection of ovar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romansch
### 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
* (Puter) water

#### Derived terms

* ova da baiver
* ova minerela
* ova dal chüern, ova da la spina

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǒʋaː/

### Pronoun

òvā (Cyrillic spelling о̀ва̄)
* feminine nominative singular of ovaj
* neuter nominative plural of ovaj
* neuter accusative plural of ovaj

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin ova, plural of ovum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.va/
* Hyphenation: ò‧va

### Noun

ova f pl
* plural of ovu; eggs.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoba/ [ˈo.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -oba
* Syllabification: o‧va

### Verb

ova
* inflection of ovar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: o‧va

### Noun

ova (definite accusative ovayı, plural ovalar)
* plain, grassy plain, lowland

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ova
ovalar
definite accusative
ovayı
ovaları
dative
ovaya
ovalara
locative
ovada
ovalarda
ablative
ovadan
ovalardan
genitive
ovanın
ovaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
ovam
ovalarım
2nd singular
ovan
ovaların
3rd singular
ovası
ovaları
1st plural
ovamız
ovalarımız
2nd plural
ovanız
ovalarınız
3rd plural
ovaları
ovaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
ovamı
ovalarımı
2nd singular
ovanı
ovalarını
3rd singular
ovasını
ovalarını
1st plural
ovamızı
ovalarımızı
2nd plural
ovanızı
ovalarınızı
3rd plural
ovalarını
ovalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
ovama
ovalarıma
2nd singular
ovana
ovalarına
3rd singular
ovasına
ovalarına
1st plural
ovamıza
ovalarımıza
2nd plural
ovanıza
ovalarınıza
3rd plural
ovalarına
ovalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
ovamda
ovalarımda
2nd singular
ovanda
ovalarında
3rd singular
ovasında
ovalarında
1st plural
ovamızda
ovalarımızda
2nd plural
ovanızda
ovalarınızda
3rd plural
ovalarında
ovalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
ovamdan
ovalarımdan
2nd singular
ovandan
ovalarından
3rd singular
ovasından
ovalarından
1st plural
ovamızdan
ovalarımızdan
2nd plural
ovanızdan
ovalarınızdan
3rd plural
ovalarından
ovalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
ovamın
ovalarımın
2nd singular
ovanın
ovalarının
3rd singular
ovasının
ovalarının
1st plural
ovamızın
ovalarımızın
2nd plural
ovanızın
ovalarınızın
3rd plural
ovalarının
ovalarının :

#### Derived terms

* ovalık

### 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