näve

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See also: nave, naeve, nāve, næve, and nāvē

Äiwoo

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Etymology

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

Noun

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näve

  1. paddle

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hnefi, compare with Norwegian Bokmål neve.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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näve c

  1. (informal) (human) hand
  2. (informal) handful; as much as the hand will grasp or contain

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