calve

Mane

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

(intransitive) To give birth to a calf.
(intransitive) To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
(transitive) To give birth to (a calf).
(especially, figuratively, intransitive) To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
(especially, figuratively, intransitive) To break off.
(especially, figuratively, transitive) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/kɑːv/

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi Saterfriesisch

Hevwate bi holendî

Hevwate bi almanî

Hevwate bi swêdî

Hevwate bi îzlendî

In summary

From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.