Lexicon:Modern/knoeva
| knoeva | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈknɔɪ.va/ |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Etymology | from Middle knōvē, from Proto knou |
| Related words | Cnoev |
knoeva — to know; to hold a thing as true and be able to answer for it.
Notes
The k is sounded, which is the whole of the joke it came from: the builders wrote the silent letter and said it anyway. Nobody here knows that, and a child who failed to sound it would be corrected.