corvo
See also: Corvo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)
Noun edit
corvo m (plural corvos)
- raven (Corvus corax)
- 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:
- Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.
- After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.
- crow (Corvus corone)
- Synonym: choia
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “corvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “corvo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “corvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “corvo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “corvo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corvo m (plural corvi)
Derived terms edit
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Latin edit
Noun edit
corvō m
References edit
- corvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Noun edit
corvo m (plural corvos)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corvo m (plural corvos, metaphonic)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)
Noun edit
corvo m (plural corvos)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
corvo
Further reading edit
- “corvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014