ovella
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
- oveia, auvella, ouvella, auveia, auvea, aovella, uella, güella, auella
- avolla, avoia, voia (from Vulgar Latin *ovuc(u)la)
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [uˈβɛ.ʎə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [oˈvə.ʎə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [oˈve.ʎa]
Audio: (file)
Noun edit
ovella f (plural ovelles)
Coordinate terms edit
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References edit
- “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 edit
- “ovella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ovella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ovella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Fala edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ovella, from Latin ovicula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ovella f (plural ovellas)
References edit
Finnish edit
Noun edit
ovella
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
ovella f (plural ovellas)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “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.
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