Galician edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Latin cava (cave) *furnea (oven-like). Cognate with Portuguese cafurna and Occitan cafourno.[1] Compare also Latin caverna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cafurna f (plural cafurnas)

  1. cave
    Synonyms: furna, gruta

Related terms edit

References edit

  • cafurna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cafurna” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “furnia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos