duva

“duva” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

dove, pigeon
dove, friend of peace

verb

to heave (of a ship rocking forward)

Etymology

From Old Swedish dūva, from Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål due, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

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