Oëve

See also: oevé

Limburgish

Etymology

The word did not exist in the dialect originally, so it must have entered the dialect through a neighbouring dialect. So, from either Limburgish ǫǫve or Central Franconian Ovve, both from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz, north and West Germanic variant of *uhnaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔə̯.və/
  • Rhymes: -ɔə̯və

Noun

Oëve m (plural Oëves or Öëve) (Eupen)

  1. oven
  2. stove
  3. kiln

Synonyms
  • Schtoëv (native and more common word)
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