lóvo

a word from vocabulary Selice Romani by Viktor Elšík  
Word form lóvo
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning money; coin
Czech translation peníze; peníz, mince
Hungarian translation pénz; aprópénz, pénzérme
Grammatical info noun, masculine
Comments on word The meaning ‘coin’ can be specified as hurdo lóvo [tiny money] or trastuno lóvo [iron/metal money].
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500)
Early Romani reconstruction *lov-ó M
Boretzky & Igla's etymology 170: < Prakrit, OIA loha- ‘Metall, Kupfer’
Mānušs et al. etymology 83: < OIA lohá M ‘copper’
Vekerdi's etymology 104: perhaps < Sanskrit loha, lohavara
Turner's etymology 11158, 14790