caivanca

Galician

Alternative forms

• cavanca, cavianca, queivanca

Etymology

From older cavianca, attested in local Latin documents since 940 CE, perhaps from Latin cavea (“hollow, cavity”) and a substrate prefix -anca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kajˈβaŋka̝/

Noun

caivanca f (plural caivancas)

1. gully; hollow

   Synonym: vaguada

2. ravine

   Synonyms: corgo, groba

Derived terms

• Caivanca
• Caivancas
• Cavancas
• Caveanca

References

• "caveanca" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
• “caivanca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queivanca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caivanca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caivanca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN