cafurna

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin cava (“cave”) *furnea (“oven-like”). Cognate with Portuguese cafurna and Occitan cafourno.[1] Compare also Latin caverna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈfuɾna̝/

Noun

cafurna f (plural cafurnas)

  1. cave
    Synonyms: furna, gruta

References
  • “cafurna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cafurna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “furnia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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