cavorco
Galician
Alternative forms
- caborco
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin cavus or either from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-. Cognate with Spanish cahuerco.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈβɔɾko̝/
Noun
cavorco m (plural cavorcos)
- ravine
- Synonyms: barreiro, cárcava, corgo, groba, callostro, freita, baiunca, barronca, quenlle
Related terms
- cavouco
- cavoza
References
- “cavorco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cavorco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cavorco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cahuerco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos