ceva

See also: Ceva, céva, ćeva, and čeva

Fijian

Noun

ceva

1. south (wind)

Latin

Etymology

Compare Low German Keue.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.va]

Noun

cēva f (genitive cēvae); first declension

1. A kind of small cow

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cēva	cēvae
genitive	cēvae	cēvārum
dative	cēvae	cēvīs
accusative	cēvam	cēvās
ablative	cēvā	cēvīs
vocative	cēva	cēvae

References

• “ceva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ceva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.bɐ/ [ˈsɛ.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
• Hyphenation: ce‧va

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cevar.

Noun

ceva f (plural cevas)

1. (agriculture) food used to fatten animals
2. (fishing) bait used to draw fish to a general area

Etymology 2

From cerveja.

Noun

ceva f (plural cevas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) beer

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ceva

1. inflection of cevar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ceva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ceva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

From ce +‎ -va.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈva]
• Hyphenation: ce‧va

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Pronoun

ceva

1. something

Related terms

• orice
• altceva