lovo

See also: Lovo, lóvo, lövő, łovo, and łóvo

English

Etymology

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Noun

lovo (plural lovos)

1. A traditional earthen pit oven in Fiji.

Anagrams

• Volo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan lovo (“wolf”), from Latin lupus. Doublet of lupo and lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.vo/
• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: ló‧vo

Noun

lovo m (plural lovi)

1. (regional, chiefly Veneto) Synonym of nasello (“European hake”)

Further reading

• lovo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• volo

Ladino

Alternative forms

• lobo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lobo, lovo, from Latin lupus, which was borrowed from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Romance cognates include French loup, Italian lupo, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish lobo, & Romanian lup.

Noun

lovo m (Hebrew spelling לוב׳ו)

1. (countable) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily) [16th c.]
   • 1991, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Djoha ke dize? Kuentos populares djudeo‐espanyoles‎^[1], כנה:

     Djohá no ezita a tratar mizmo kon el Dio: le propoza un grande korbán kuando está en períkolo de vinir komido por el lovo, ma se arrepiente kuando se salva (paj. 313).

     Djohá does not hesitate to deal with even God: [Djohá] proposes a great sacrifice to Him when [Djohá] is in danger of being eaten by the wolf, but reconsiders when [Djohá] is saved.

Old Spanish

Noun

lovo m (plural lovos)

1. Alternative form of lobo

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “lovo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 311

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोह (lohá). Cognate with Kachchi લો (lo, “iron”).

Noun

lovo m (plural love)

1. coin
2. (in the plural) money

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

From Romani lovo, from Sanskrit लोह (lohá).

Noun

lovo

1. money

Venetan

Alternative forms

• lóvo, łovo, łóvo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.vo/
• Hyphenation: ló‧vo

Noun

lovo m (plural lovi, female equivalent lova, feminine plural love)

1. (countable) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)

Descendants

• → Italian: lovo