tuva

See also: Tuva and tuvā

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq.

Noun

tuva

1. fruit

Latvian

Adjective

tuva

1. inflection of tuvs:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuva f (definite singular tuva, indefinite plural tuver or tuvor, definite plural tuvene or tuvone)

1. definite singular of tuve
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of tuve

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish thūva, from Old Norse þúfa.

Noun

tuva c

1. a hassock (clump of grass)
2. a tuft

Declension

Declension of tuva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tuva	tuvas
	definite	tuvan	tuvans
plural	indefinite	tuvor	tuvors
	definite	tuvorna	tuvornas

Derived terms

• grästuva
• liten tuva stjälper ofta stort lass

Further reading

• tuva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• tuva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tsonga

Noun

tuva class 5 (plural matuva class 6)

1. dove

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tupa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuβa/

Noun

tuva

1. fish poison (Derris elliptica)

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tubah