chuvia

Galician
chuvia ("rain")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Portuguese chuva.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃubja/ [ˈt͡ʃu.β̞jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ubja
  • Hyphenation: chu‧via

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

  1. rain

Derived terms

References
  • “chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “chuvia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “chuvia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “chuvia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pluvia.

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

  1. rain

References

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pluvia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuβja/

Noun

chuvia f

  1. rain
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 143 (facsimile):
      Enton a uirgen as nuueſabrir / fez ⁊ delas tan g[ra]n chuuia ſayr / que quantos chorauã fezo ryr / ⁊ yr con grand alegria.
      Then the Virgin made the clouds open and such great rain to issue from them that it caused all who were weeping to laugh and go their way happily.

Descendants
  • Galician: chuvia, choiva
  • Portuguese: chuva (see there for further descendants)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.