nave

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See also: Nave, näve, nāve, nāvē, and navé

English

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The nave of a church in Ellmau, Austria

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Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Latin nāvem, singular accusative of nāvis, possibly via a Romance source. Doublet of nef and nau.

Noun

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nave (plural naves)

  1. (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, [] , down the nave to the western door. [] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
  2. (architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English nave, from Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō (compare Dutch naaf, German Nabe, Swedish nav), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (navel, hub) (compare Latin umbō (shield boss), Latvian naba, Sanskrit नभ्य (nabhya)).

Wheel showing nave at centre

Noun

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nave (plural naves)

  1. A hub of a wheel.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
      'Out, out, thou strumpet Fortune! All you gods,
      In general synod take away her power;
      Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
      And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven []
  2. (obsolete) The navel.
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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

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nave f (plural naves)

  1. ship
  2. industrial building
    Neses naves del polígunu fain planches de fierro vieyo qu'atopen perahi
    In those industrial buildings they make plates from old iron that they find around.

Aulua

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Noun

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nave

  1. water
    • (Can we date this quote?) Martin Pavior-Smith, Exploring self-concept and narrator characterisation in Aulua (nave):
      Nave ibtavov ben.
      The water went [=was swept] out [of the house].

Further reading

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  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976) (na-βʷe); ABVD 1 (na-fe), 2 (na-ve), 3 (na-ve)

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nave, from Latin nāvis, nāvem.

Noun

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nave f (plural naves)

  1. ship (watercraft or airship)
  2. (architecture) nave
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Interlingua

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Noun

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nave (plural naves)

  1. ship

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin nāvem, from Proto-Italic *naus ~ *nāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, derived from the root *(s)neh₂- (to swim, float).

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Noun

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nave f (plural navi)

  1. ship

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Descendants

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  • Slavomolisano: nava

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Latin

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Noun

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nāve

  1. ablative singular of navis

References

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  • nave”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nave”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English nafu, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nave (plural naves)

  1. nave (hub of a wheel)
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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnave/

Verb

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nave

  1. inflection of navvit:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nave, from Latin nāvis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Doublet of nau.

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Noun

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nave f (plural naves)

  1. ship
    Synonyms: barco, navio
  2. (architecture) nave, aisle
  3. (Brazil, slang) car
  4. (colloquial, usually in science fiction) Ellipsis of nave espacial (spaceship).
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Scots

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

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nave (plural naves)

  1. (Orkney) a clenched fist or a handful
    ah'll cheust tak a nave-filI'll just take a handful
    He wis rorrin' and shaftin' his navehe was shouting and shaking his fist

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish naf, naue, from Latin nāvem, nāvis, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with English nave, navigate, and navy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nave f (plural naves)

  1. ship, vessel (with a concave hull)
    Synonyms: bajel, barco, buque, navío, nao
  2. craft, spaceship, spacecraft (ellipsis of nave espacial), starship (ellipsis of nave estelar)
  3. (architecture, religion) nave, aisle

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