chuvia

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuβja̝/

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, 2006-2016.
  • “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

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

  1. rain

References

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.βja/

Noun

chuvia f

  1. rain
    • 13th century, attributed to 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
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