gufa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gufa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːva/
• Rhymes: -ʏːva

Noun

gufa f (genitive singular gufu, nominative plural gufur)

1. steam

   Synonyms: vatnsgufa, (dated) eimur

2. vapor, vapour
3. (figurative) a gow, a slow fellow

Declension

Declension of gufa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gufa	gufan	gufur	gufurnar
accusative	gufu	gufuna	gufur	gufurnar
dative	gufu	gufunni	gufum	gufunum
genitive	gufu	gufunnar	gufa	gufanna

Derived terms

• gufuskip (“a steamboat”)
• gufustraujárn
• gufuvél, gufumaskína (“a steam engine”)
• gufuþrýstingur
• mettuð gufa (“saturated vapor”)

Iduna

Noun

gufa

1. water
2. river

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment (2007, →ISBN

Italian

Verb

gufa

1. inflection of gufare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• fuga

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

gufa f

1. vapor, steam

Synonyms

• (vapour): eimr

Derived terms

• Gufudalir
• Gufunes
• Gufuskálar

Descendants

• Faroese: guva f
• Icelandic: gufa f
• Norwegian Bokmål: gufs m or n