hovud
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- hovud (Tinn, Hovin, Western Telemark, Åmli, Gjøvdal, Ulvik, silent d)
- hòvúd (Setesdal)
- huvud (Hedmark, Northern Østerdalen, Upper Valdres, Upper Hallingdal, Gransherad, Hjartdal, Budal, Singsås)
- hugud (Hedmark, Oppland, Lower Hallingdal, Risør, Eastern Telemark, Meldal, Rennebu, Røros, Upper Gauldal, Tydal, Snåsa, Sørli, Nordli, Hattfjelldal, silent d)
- hòveCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant wikilinks#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk links with redundant target parameters#HOVUD (Hornnes, Evje, Åmli, Vest-Agder, Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn)
- haud (Nordfjord, Sunnmøre, Romsdal, Nordmøre, Trøndelag, north, silent d except in Sunnmøre and Nordfjord)
- hauv (Stangvik, Bjørnskinn)
- haue (Agder, Sunnfjord, Romsdal, Nordmøre, Hyllestad, Solund, Southern Helgeland, Alta)
- huu, hue (vik, Eidskog, Hedmark, Øysterdal, Hadeland, Eastern Telemark, Lower Telemark, Bardu, Målselv, Øverbygd)
Etymology
From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#HOVUD hǫfuð, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HOVUD *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HOVUD *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²hoˑvu/, /²hoˑvʉ/, [²hɞ̞ː.ʋʉ], [²hɞ̞ʋ.ʋʉ]Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#HOVUD
- (Voss, Hardanger) IPA(key): /²hoːvu/, [²hoː.ʋu]Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#HOVUD
- (Western Telemark) IPA(key): [²hɞ̞ː.ʋu]Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#HOVUD
- Rhymes: -vu, -vʉCategory:Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/vu#HOVUDCategory:Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/vʉ#HOVUD
- Hyphenation: hò‧vud
- Note: The -d is always silent, except in declensions where it directly follows the v, such as in å hovde, or dialectal dative hovdæ (Setesdal) and hovde (West Telemark).
Noun
hovud n (definite singular hovudet, indefinite plural hovud, definite plural hovuda)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#HOVUDCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#HOVUDCategory:Pages with entries#HOVUDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HOVUD
- (anatomyCategory:nn:Anatomy#HOVUD) head
- Han slo seg i hovudet.
- He hit his head.
- top, something that resembles a head
- head; leader; chief
- Synonyms: hovding, formann, hovudsmann
Usage notes
Compound words beginning with the word may use the stem hovud, or the old genitive hovde-, in which case the otherwise silent /d/ is maintained. In the meaning of main or capital, the word is occasionally pronounced like /huːvʉd/ due to influence from Bokmål hoved-. In traditional dialects, however, all senses of the word share the same pronunciation. Cf. the traditional form Huøya for Hovudøya (Hovedøya), equivalent of dialectal huu, hue (“head; main”) + øy.
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | hovud | hovudet | hovud | hovuda |
| compound-genitive | ― | ― | ― | ― |
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | hovud | hovudet | hovud | hovudi |
| dative | ― | hovude | ― | hovudom |
| compound-genitive | ― | ― | hovde- | ― |
- Dialectal declension
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “hovud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.