stova

From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːva/
• Rhymes: -ɔːva

stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

1. parlor, parlour, room
2. common room, assembly room
3. dwelling, house
4. (administration) office

some include
room

• baðstova (bathroom)
• bálstova (crematorium)
• bestastova (livingroom)
• dansistova (room for Faroese chain dance)
• (hospital) einastova (single room)
• kaffistova (coffee bar)
• lesistova (reading room; workroom of a priest)
• lærarastova (teacher's longue)
• matstova (restaurant; dining room)
• myrkastova (jail)
• roykstova (smoking room)
• sjónvarpsstova (TV studio; television room)
• sjúkrastova (sickroom)
• skrivstova (office)
• skurðstova (operating room)
• starvsstova (laboratory)
• vøggustova (nursery)

house names

• Jógvansstova (the house of John)
• Ólavsstova (the house of Olav)
• Nýggjastova (the new house)

administration

• almannastova (social welfare office)
• gjaldstova (finance office)
• hagstova (statistics office)
• kanningarstova (research office)
• kunningarstova (information bureau, information desk)
• ráðstova (ministry, department)
• sendistova, sendiharrastova (embassy)
• tíðindastova (news agency)
• útvarpsstova (radio station)
• veðurstova (weather office)

stova f (definite singular stova, indefinite plural stover or stovor, definite plural stovene or stovone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stove
2. definite singular of stove

From Norwegian Nynorsk stove or from Swedish stova.

• IPA^(key): /stova/

stova

1. a house

• stova paa Kristus spræk (“a church”)

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

• IPA^(key): /²stoːva/
• Rhymes: -²oːva

stova c

1. (archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of stuga
   • 1984, “Vargsången”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics):

     Vargen ylar i nattens skog / han vill men kan inte sova. / Hungern river hans vargabuk / och det är kallt i hans stova.

     The wolf howls in the forest of the night / he wants to sleep but cannot. / Hunger is tearing his wolf belly / and it is cold in his cottage.

• stuga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)