uve

• IPA^(key): /ube/ [u.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ube, -e
• Hyphenation: u‧ve

uve inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• “uve”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

• IPA^(key): /ˈuʋeˣ/, [ˈuʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uʋe
• Syllabification^(key): u‧ve
• Hyphenation^(key): uve

From Proto-Finnic *uvëh (compare Karelian uvehavanto, Ludian ubehlähte, Veps ubehlähte). Ultimately derived from Proto-Uralic *uwa (“stream”) with the suffix +‎ -e, either as an irregular retention form (compare vuo, vuotaa) or based on a stem re-loaned from early Samic (compare old Southern Sami uwe (“stream”)).^[1]

uve

1. A hole in the ice of a lake or other body of water, created by water flowing from below the ice.

   Synonyms: uveavanto, uhkuavanto

   • 1859, August Ahlqvist, Muistelmia matkoilta Venäjällä vuosina 1854-1858, Viides kirja:

     Edellisten päivien leudot ilmat olivat vaikuttaneet sen, että Volgan jää oli syvän uve-veden vallassa – –

     The mild temperature of the previous days had had the effect of the ice on the Volga now being covered in deep water from the holes in it – –

Rarely inflected, as the word is usually only found in compounds.

From Proto-Finnic *ubëh. Cognate with Ingrian uve, Karelian uveh, Livvi uveh, Ludian ubeh and Veps ubeh.

uve (dialectal, poetic)

1. stallion
   • 1903, Eino Leino, Helkavirsiä I, Pyhä Yrjänä:

     Kannusti uvetta urho, ajoi tapparan teriä, tuli Ruijan rantamalle, missä hyrskyi aalto hyinen, meri selkeä sinerti.

From Proto-Finnic *ubëh. Cognates include dialectal Finnish uve and Veps ubeh.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈuʋe/, [ˈuʋe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈuʋe/, [ˈuʋe̞]
• Rhymes: -uʋe
• Hyphenation: u‧ve

uve

1. stallion
2. villain, crook

• (stallion): ori, jaati, (folk poetic) oro
• (villain): konna

• (male horse): tamma (“mare”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 626

uve f pl

1. plural of uva

• ue
• ube

From Latin ubi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈube/

uve

1. where

   Synonym: unde

uve

1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts

From u (“u”) ve (“v”), as in a recitation of the alphabet, to distinguish from the homophone be (“b”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈube/ [ˈu.β̞e]

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• Rhymes: -ube
• Syllabification: u‧ve

uve f (plural uves)

1. (Spain) The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

   Synonyms: ve, ve corta, ve baja, ve chica, ve de vaca

• uve doble / doble uve

• “uve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /ûːvé/

ûvé class 11 (plural ízimvé class 10)

1. African paradise-flycatcher

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ve”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ve (2.6.8-3)”