stova

See also: stóva

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

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

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stova	stovan	stovur	stovurnar
accusative	stovu	stovuna	stovur	stovurnar
dative	stovu	stovuni	stovum	stovunum
genitive	stovu	stovunnar	stova	stovanna

Derived terms

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk stove or from Swedish stova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stova/

Noun

stova

1. a house

Derived terms

• stova paa Kristus spræk (“a church”)

References

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stova c

1. (archaic, dialectal) alternative form of stuga
   • 1984, “Vargsången [The wolf song]”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Björn Isfält (music)‎^[1]performed by Lena Nyman:

     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 / [The] hunger tears his wolf belly / and it is cold in his cottage [or stove, in the archaic heated room sense]

Declension

Declension of stova

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stova	stovas
	definite	stovan	stovans
plural	indefinite	stovor	stovors
	definite	stovorna	stovornas

References

• “stuga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket