ilha

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese ilha.

Noun

ilha

  1. island

References
  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Portuguese
ilha

Etymology

From Old Portuguese illa, from Old Catalan illa, Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula, whence also English isle and French île. Displaced Old Portuguese inssoa, and hence an etymological doublet of the inherited ínsua, as well as the later borrowing ínsula.

Pronunciation

Noun

ilha f (plural ilhas)

  1. (geography) island
  2. (slang) A group of houses in a poor area of a town.
  3. (figuratively, popular) A person who stands alone in defense of an idea.

Descendants
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