Galician

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Etymology

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From de- + val (valley) + -ar. Compare Catalan davallar (to descend), from avall (downwards), from a- (to) +‎ vall (valley).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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devalar (first-person singular present devalo, first-person singular preterite devalei, past participle devalado)

  1. (intransitive) to recede a flood
  2. (intransitive) to ebb, to wane (the moon or the tyde)
    • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A gaita gallega, page 155:
      E de ver alá en Cambados enfrente á terra do Meco cando devala a marea tanto chan que queda en seco
      Seeing there in Cambados, in front of the land of the Meco, when the tyde recedes, so much land that is drained out

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • devalo (ebb, waning moon)

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “valle”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos