chuvia

Galician

chuvia ("rain")

Alternative forms

• choiva, chuva

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia (“rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”). Akin to Portuguese chuva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuβja̝/

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

1. rain

Derived terms

• chuvasco
• chuvasqueiro
• chuvia de meteoros
• chuvieira
• chuviñar
• chuvioso
• chuvisca
• chuviscar

Related terms

• chover

References

• “chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chuvia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chuvia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chuvia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Leonese

Alternative forms

• lluvia

Etymology

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Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

1. rain

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chovia

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pluvia (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.βja/

Noun

chuvia f

1. rain
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 143 (facsimile):

     Enton a uirgen as nuueſabrir / fez ⁊ delas tan g[ra]n chuuia ſayr / que quantos chorauã fezo ryr / ⁊ yr con grand alegria.

     Then the Virgin made the clouds open and such great rain to issue from them that it caused all who were weeping to laugh and go their way happily.

Related terms

• chover

Descendants

• Galician: chuvia, choiva
• Portuguese: chuva (see there for further descendants)