kåvå

See also: kava, káva, Káva, and Kava

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kåvvå

Noun

kåvå m (definite singular kåvån, dative singular kåvåm, indefinite plural kåvå, definite plural kåvånn or kåvån, dative plural kåvåm)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, Gausdal) alternative form of kove (antechamber)
    • 1713, “Joe Nypum’s song to Th.Mølmand’s wedding”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 86:
      De maindsle Sølv staupe ti Kaavaam som staar
      The fancy silver beaker which stands in the antechamber