veva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave”). Compare Icelandic vefa, Norwegian veve, Swedish väva, Danish væve.

Verb

veva (third person singular past indicative vav, third person plural past indicative vóvu, supine vovið)

1. to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of veva (group v-52)

infinitive	veva
supine	vovið
	present	past
first singular	vevi	vav
second singular	vevur	vavst
third singular	vevur	vav
plural	veva	vóvu
participle (a26)1	vevandi	vovin
	imperative
singular	vev!
plural	vevið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vidua.

Adjective

veva

1. feminine singular of vevo

Noun

veva f (plural veves) (ORB, broad)

1. widow

   Coordinate term: vevo m

References

• veuve in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• veva in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 77: “la vedova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1382: “veuf, veuve” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭdŭa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 432

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vevene (of noun)
• vevet (of verb)
• vevde (of verb, simple past)
• vevd (of verb, past participle)

Noun

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

Verb

veva

1. inflection of veve:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• veve (of verb, e infinitive)
• våvå (of verb, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse vefa. Akin to English weave.

Pronunciation

• (of verb): IPA^(key): /²ʋeːʋɑ/
• (of noun): IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːʋɑ/

Verb

veva (present tense vev, past tense vov, supine vove, past participle voven, present participle vevande, imperative vev)

1. to weave (a way of making cloth)

Noun

veva n

1. definite plural of vev

Derived terms

• vevnad

Further reading

• “veva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

vev (“crank”) +‎ -a

Verb

veva (present vevar, preterite vevade, supine vevat, imperative veva)

1. to turn a crank; to wind, to crank

   veva upp hinken ur brunnen

   wind up the bucket from the well

2. to wave one's arms or the like around

   Stå inte där och veva

   Don't stand there gesticulating

Conjugation

Conjugation of veva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	veva		vevas
supine	vevat		vevats
imperative	veva		—
imper. plural1	veven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vevar	vevade	vevas	vevades
ind. plural1	veva	vevade	vevas	vevades
subjunctive2	veve	vevade	veves	vevades
present participle		vevande
past participle		vevad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• hissa

Noun

veva c

1. (in "i samma veva" and "i den vevan") at around the same time, (often, idomatically) at the same time

   I samma som veva som expeditionen drabbades av malaria bröt krig ut i Europa och gjorde det svårt att leverera förnödenheter

   At the same time that the expedition was struck by malaria, war broke out in Europe, making it difficult to deliver supplies

Usage notes

"In the same swing of events," intuitively.

Declension

Declension of veva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	veva	-
	definite	vevan	-
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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