gufa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gufa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏːva/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːva

Noun

gufa f (genitive singular gufu, nominative plural gufur)

  1. steam
  2. vapor, vapour
  3. (figurative) a gow, a slow fellow

Declension
declension of gufa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gufa gufan gufur gufurnar
accusative gufu gufuna gufur gufurnar
dative gufu gufunni gufum gufunum
genitive gufu gufunnar gufa gufanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

Iduna

Noun

gufa

  1. water
  2. river

References
  • Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment (2007, →ISBN

Italian

Verb

gufa

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

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gufa f

  1. vapor, steam

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • Gufudalir
  • Gufunes
  • Gufuskálar

Descendants
  • Faroese: guva f
  • Icelandic: gufa f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gufs m or n
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