töva

See also: tova, Tova, Tóva, tøva, tóvá, and това

Hopi

Noun

töva

bone (body part)

Swedish

Etymology

Same as Old Swedish töva, from Middle Low German toven (“wait, delay, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *tabjan-, from Proto-Indo-European *dobʰ-éie-, see also Sanskrit दिप्सति (dipsati, “to deceive”).

Cognate with Norwegian, Danish and Old Danish tøve. It seems Old Swedish made a difference between töva and tövra, the latter derived from Middle Low German togern and German zögern.

Verb

töva (present tövar, preterite tövade, supine tövat, imperative töva)

to delay, to linger

Conjugation

Conjugation of *töva* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	töva		—
supine	tövat		—
imperative	töva		—
imper. plural¹	töven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tövar	tövade	—	—
ind. plural¹	töva	tövade	—	—
subjunctive²	töve	tövade	—	—

present participle		tövande
past participle		—

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

Synonyms

dröja

Related terms

References

töva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
töva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

övat