caivanca

Galician

Alternative forms
  • cavanca, cavianca, queivanca

Etymology

From older cavianca, attested in local Latin documents since 940 CE, perhaps from Latin cavea (“hollow, cavity”) and a substrate prefix -anca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kajˈβaŋka̝/

Noun

caivanca f (plural caivancas)

  1. gully; hollow
    Synonym: vaguada
  2. ravine
    Synonyms: corgo, groba

Derived terms
  • Caivanca
  • Caivancas
  • Cavancas
  • Caveanca

References
  • "caveanca" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  • “caivanca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “queivanca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “caivanca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “caivanca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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