näve

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na vo, from Proto-Oceanic *na pose, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay.

näve

1. paddle

• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

From Old Norse hnefi, compare with Norwegian Bokmål neve.

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näve c

1. (informal) a fist (referring to a hand more generally, not necessarily clenched)

   en knuten näve

   a clenched fist

   smedens grova nävar

   the big [thick] fists of the blacksmith

   stora, grova nävar

   big, thick fists

   Han hade en cigarr i näven

   He had a cigar in his fist

   Det är pengar i näven som gäller

   It's money in [the] hand [that applies] [as in, that's what I'm demanding or the like, along with a rougher word for a hand]

2. (informal) a handful, a fistful (as much as the hand will grasp or contain)

   Släng i en näve riven parmesan om du gillar det

   Throw in a handful of grated parmesan if you like that

   en näve grus

   a fistful of gravel

Matches the tone of fist when used to refer to hand more generally, sounding a bit rough or rugged and sometimes emphasizing a capacity for hard manual labor or the like.

• knyta näven i fickan
• knytnäve
• nävkamp
• nävrätt
• ta till nävarna

• labb
• karda

• näve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• näve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• näve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• väne, även