duve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duve"

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dūva, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.

Noun

duve f

  1. pigeon, dove

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative duve duven
accusative duve duven
genitive duve, duven duven
dative duve, duven duven

Descendants

  • Dutch: duif
    • Afrikaans: duif
    • Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie
    • → Sranan Tongo: doifi
  • Limburgish: doef

Further reading

  • “duve (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “duve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

duve

  1. alternative form of douve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

duve f (definite singular duva, indefinite plural duver or duvor, definite plural duvene or duvone)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of due

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀤𑀼𑀯𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • दुवे (Devanagari script)
  • দুৰে (Bengali script)
  • දුවෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒုဝေ or ၻုဝေ (Burmese script)
  • ทุเว (Thai script)
  • ᨴᩩᩅᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທຸເວ (Lao script)
  • ទុវេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄪𑅇𑄬 (Chakma script)

Numeral

duve

  1. nominative/accusative plural of dvi (“two”)
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