stova

From Old Norse stofa from older form stufa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, living room, heated room”). Cognate with English stove, German Stube (“a parlor”) from the Old High German stuba, Danish stue (“living room; small house; large bedroom in a hospital”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːva/
• Rhymes: -ɔːva

stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

1. parlor, parlour, room
2. common room, assembly room
3. dwelling, house
4. (administration) office

some include
room

• baðstova (bathroom)
• bálstova (crematorium)
• bestastova (livingroom)
• dansistova (room for Faroese chain dance)
• (hospital) einastova (single room)
• kaffistova (coffee bar)
• lesistova (reading room; workroom of a priest)
• lærarastova (teacher's longue)
• matstova (restaurant; diningroom)
• myrkastova (jail)
• roykstova (smoking room)
• sjónvarpsstova (TV studio; television room)
• sjúkrastova (sickroom)
• skrivstova (office)
• skurðstova (operating room)
• starvsstova (laboratory)
• vøggustova (nursery)

house names

• Jógvansstova (the house of John)
• Ólavsstova (the house of Olav)
• Nýggjastova (the new house)

administration

• almannastova (social welfare office)
• gjaldstova (finance office)
• hagstova (satistics office)
• kanningarstova (research office)
• kunningarstova (information bureau, information desk)
• ráðstova (ministry, department)
• sendistova, sendiharrastova (embassy)
• tíðindastova (news agency)
• útvarpsstova (radio station)
• veðurstova (weather office)

From Old Norse stofa from older form stufa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, living room, heated room”). Cognate with English stove, German Stube (“a parlor”) from the Old High German stuba, Danish stue (“living room; small house; large bedroom in a hospital”).

stova c

1. (dated, dialectal) small house, cottage

• (cottage): stuga