ovella

Catalan

Alternative forms

• oveia, auvella, ouvella, auveia, auvea, aovella, uella, güella, auella
• avolla, avoia, voia (from Vulgar Latin *ovuc(u)la)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oveylla, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Occitan oelha. The initial diphthong in numerous regional variants reflects contamination from preceding determiners with final /-a/, as in una ovella > un' auvella.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /oˈvə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈbɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈve.ʎa/

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Noun

ovella f (plural ovelles)

1. sheep

   Synonym: be

2. ewe

Coordinate terms

• marrà
• moltó

Derived terms

• ovellenc
• oveller

Related terms

• oví

References

• “ovella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Petit Atles Lingüístic del Domini Català 6 'ovella'

Further reading

• “ovella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ovella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ovella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Finnish

Noun

ovella

1. adessive singular of ovi

Anagrams

• velloa

Galician

Ovella

Alternative forms

• ouvella

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovella, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Spanish oveja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈβeʎɐ]

Noun

ovella f (plural ovellas)

1. sheep

Derived terms

• ovellado
• Ovellariza
• ovelleiro

See also

• cordeiro

References

• “ovella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ovella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ovella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ovella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ovella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.