kave

See also: kavé, kavě, kávě, and kávé

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kabeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skapiz (compare Proto-Germanic *skapą, Old English gesceap). Cognate with Estonian kabu, Karelian kaveh, Võro kabo and Proto-Samic *kuopës (“witch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑʋeˣ/, [ˈkɑʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋe
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧ve

Noun

kave

  1. (Finnic mythology) a creature related to the moon, sky or air

Declension
Inflection of kave (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative kave kapeet
genitive kapeen kapeiden
kapeitten
partitive kavetta kapeita
illative kapeeseen kapeisiin
kapeihin
singular plural
nominative kave kapeet
accusative nom. kave kapeet
gen. kapeen
genitive kapeen kapeiden
kapeitten
partitive kavetta kapeita
inessive kapeessa kapeissa
elative kapeesta kapeista
illative kapeeseen kapeisiin
kapeihin
adessive kapeella kapeilla
ablative kapeelta kapeilta
allative kapeelle kapeille
essive kapeena kapeina
translative kapeeksi kapeiksi
instructive — kapein
abessive kapeetta kapeitta
comitative — kapeineen
Possessive forms of kave (type hame)
possessor singular plural
1st person kapeeni kapeemme
2nd person kapeesi kapeenne
3rd person kapeensa

Italian

Noun

kave f

  1. plural of kava

Middle English

Noun

kave

  1. Alternative form of cave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kafa.

Verb

kave (imperative kav, present tense kaver, passive kaves, simple past kava or kavet or kavde, past participle kava or kavet or kavd, present participle kavende)

  1. to flail, strike (air, water)
  2. to snatch (etter / at)
  3. to paw, scrape
  4. to struggle, toil
  5. to flounder

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kafafjúk. Connected to Old Norse kóf. Compare Icelandic kafi and Faroese kavi.

Noun

kave m (definite singular kaven, indefinite plural kavar, definite plural kavane)

  1. snow
    Synonym: snø

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kafa.

Verb

kave (present tense kavar, past tense kava, past participle kava, passive infinitive kavast, present participle kavande, imperative kave/kav)

  1. Alternative form of kava

References

Tokelauan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ve/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ve

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻawe and Samoan 'ave.

Verb

kave

  1. (transitive) to bring
  2. (transitive) to carry
  3. (transitive) to send
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe. Cognates include Tahitian 'ave and Samoan 'ave.

Noun

kave

  1. beam, ray

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 157
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