ovu

From Portuguese ovo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ovu.

ovu

1. egg

From Portuguese ovo.

ovu

1. egg

• ou
• obu

From Latin ovum. Compare Italian uovo, Catalan ou, Romanian ou, Aromanian ou, Portuguese ovo, Sicilian ovu/ou, Spanish huevo.

ovu m (plural ovos)

1. egg

òvū

1. feminine accusative singular of ovaj

• ou, uovu, uou (eye dialectal variants)

From Vulgar Latin *ovum, from Latin ōvum. Compare Italian uovo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.u/, [ˈɔ.ʋu] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu/ (Voiced laviodental approximant)
• Hyphenation: ò‧vu

ovu m (plural ova)

1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
2. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.

   Fìcimu nu beḍḍu pisci d'ovu cu tri ova.

   We made a big omelette with three eggs.

   U massaru mi vulìa dunari na para di ova frischi, ma ci dissi ca sugnu allèrgicu a l'ova.

   The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.

3. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
4. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

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-ovu (declinable)

1. evil

The only forms used are class 1 mwovu and class 2 waovu.

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwovu (“evil person”)
  • uovu (“evil, corruption, badness, immorality”)