excavate

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Known since 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“make a hole”), from cavus (“cave, hole”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/
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Verb edit

excavate (third-person singular simple present excavates, present participle excavating, simple past and past participle excavated)

(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.

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Translations edit

to make a hole in (something); to hollow

Bulgarian: дълбая (bg) (dǎlbaja)
Catalan: excavar (ca)
Dutch: uithollen (nl)
French: excaver (fr)
Galician: escavar
Hungarian: kiás (hu), kiváj (hu)
Maori: whakakōrua, karituangi, haukeri
Portuguese: escavar (pt)
Quechua: haratay
Serbo-Croatian: iskapati (sh), iskopavati (sh)
Spanish: excavar (es)
Tagalog: hukay (butas), balon

to remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out

Bulgarian: копая (bg) (kopaja)
Dutch: uithollen (nl)
Galician: escavar
Hungarian: elhord (hu), kiemel (hu), kikotor (hu), kimélyít (hu), alámos (hu)
Maori: haukeri
Portuguese: escavar (pt)
Spanish: excavar (es)
Tagalog: hukay
Vietnamese: khai quật (vi)
White Hmong: khawb

to uncover (something) by digging

Bulgarian: разкопавам (bg) (razkopavam)
Dutch: opdelven (nl), uitgraven (nl)
Galician: escavar
Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (ufgraban)
Hungarian: felás (hu), feltár (hu)
Latin: effodiō
Malay: huke
Maori: huke, kohura
Tagalog: buksan (tl) (tanggal takip)
Vietnamese: khai quật (vi)
Zulu: -mba

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