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mave

Pronunciation: /maːvə/

“mave” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stomach, tummy, belly (the organ processing digestion of food)
  2. abdomen, abdominal cavity (the inner belly)
  3. belly (the lower part of the human body below the chest)
  4. potbelly, paunch (the protruding belly of a pregnant or an overweight person)

verb

  1. to bellycrawl

Etymology

From Old Danish maghæ, from Old Norse magi (“stomach”), from Proto-Germanic *magô, cognate with Swedish mage, English maw, German Magen (“stomach”).

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