ναυς
Greek (Cypriot)
/nafs/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) an ancient ship
- (architecture) nave part of a church
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (boat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*néh₂us
Gloss
boat
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
船, 艇
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- navis Latin
- nāvem Latin
- nāvicula Latin
- nāvigium Latin
- nāvigō Latin
- nāvis Latin
- nāvis, navis, nāvem Latin
- aeronave Italian
- astronave Italian
- cosmonave Italian
- motonave Italian
- nave Italian
- nave posareti Italian
- nave-faro Italian
- turbonave Italian
- nave French
- nef French
- nave Spanish, Castilian
- ναῦς Ancient Greek
- *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *néh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- नावा Sanskrit
- नौ, নৌ Sanskrit
- navă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ناخدا Persian
- ناو Persian
- ناوخدا Persian
- նաւ Old Armenian
- nó Old Irish
- *náHuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nāwis, *naus Proto-Italic
- nava Molise Croatian