stova

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See also: stóva

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

  1. parlor, parlour, room
  2. common room, assembly room
  3. dwelling, house
  4. (administration) office

Declension

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Declension of stova
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stova stovan stovur stovurnar
accusative stovu stovuna stovur stovurnar
dative stovu stovuni stovum stovunum
genitive stovu stovunnar stova stovanna

Derived terms

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some include
room

house names

  • Jógvansstova (the house of John)
  • Ólavsstova (the house of Olav)
  • Nýggjastova (the new house)

administration

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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stova f (definite singular stova, indefinite plural stover or stovor, definite plural stovene or stovone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stove
  2. definite singular of stove

Russenorsk

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Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk stove or from Swedish stova.

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Noun

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stova

  1. a house

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Swedish

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Noun

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stova c

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of stuga
    • 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)‎[1]performed by Lena Nyman:
      Vargen ylar i nattens skog / han vill men kan inte sova. / Hungern river hans vargabuk / och det är kallt i hans stova.
      The wolf howls in the forest of the night / he wants to sleep but cannot. / Hunger is tearing his wolf belly / and it is cold in his cottage.

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