hauv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hauv n (definite singular hauvet, indefinite plural hauv, definite plural hauva)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)
   • 1930, Kristofer Uppdal, Galgberget, Oslo: Noregs boklag, page 27:

     Ho trur vårå for stor all stad og at ho må bøygja hauvet.

     She thinks she's too large everywhere, and that she must lower her head.

   • 1976, Finn Myrvang, I trollbotn, Noregs boklag, page 64:

     Det var eit hauv på kallen

     There be a head to the man

   • 1979, Hans Hyldbakk, Gamalt frå Surnadal, Surnadal kommune, page 194:

     Han tok bøtta og kvelvde ho nedover hauvet på karen, berre så tjørua rann nedover kroppen.

     He took the bucket and turned it over the man's head, so that the tar ran down his body.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hau̯˧˦/

Preposition

hauv

1. in, within, inside
2. used in hauv qab (“underneath”)

Noun

hauv (classifier: lub)

1. (in compounds) stump, base, basis, root, origin

Derived terms

• hauv paus

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 50-1.