canaval

Galician

Etymology

From canavea (“reed”) +‎ -al. Compare Portuguese canavial and Spanish cañaveral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈβal/

Noun

canaval m (plural canavais)

1. reed bed

   Synonym: canedo

Derived terms

• Canabal
• Canaval

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canaval”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canaval”, 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), “canaval”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canaval”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN