luva

See also: luvà

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa, “palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand”). Alternatively, from Suevic [Term?] *glufa, from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (compare dialectal Spanish goluba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.β̞ɐ/

Noun

luva f (plural luvas)

1. glove
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 184:

     Et quando veu que se aviã de partir, arrebatou lle hũa luba da maão

     And when he saw that it was time to go, he snatched a glove from her hand

   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 186:

     Et tragiã todos arcos torquiys, et luuas de açeyro, et seetas moy agudas.

     And old of them brought Turkish bows, and gloves of steel, and very sharp arrows

   Synonym: guante

Derived terms

• deluvar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “luba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “luua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “luva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “luva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “luva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

Noun

luva f

1. love

Derived terms

• luvig

References

• Royal Flemish Academy of Language and Literature (1886) Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (Reports and announcements of the Royal Flemish Academy of Language and Literature), page 126

Portuguese

luvas

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa, “palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand”). More at loof, glove.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.vɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.vɐ/

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

Noun

luva f (plural luvas)

1. (clothing) glove
2. type of sleeve for connecting pipes
3. (in the plural, figuratively) tip; bribe

   Synonym: suborno

   • 2016 February 5, Mariana Oliveira, “Processo de Veiga resultou de carta rogatória das autoridades francesas”, in Público‎^[2]:

     Os investigadores acreditam que Veiga e Paulo Santana Lopes receberam milhões em luvas de empresas que queriam investir no Congo, uma antiga colónia francesa, onde os dois portugueses, sócios, viviam há uns anos.

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Derived terms

• cair como uma luva
• atirar a luva
• luva branca
• luvaria
• luveiro
• luvista

Swedish

Noun

luva c

1. a simple brimless (close-fitting) hat made from a soft material, like a knit cap
2. a hood (on for example a jacket or a hoodie)

   Synonyms: huva, kapuschong

Declension

Declension of luva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	luva	luvas
	definite	luvan	luvans
plural	indefinite	luvor	luvors
	definite	luvorna	luvornas

Derived terms

• rånarluva (“ski mask, balaclava”)
• tomteluva (“Santa hat”)

See also

• mössa

References

• luva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• luva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)