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English
Etymology
From cava + -al.
Adjective
caval (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to the vena cava.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).
Noun
caval m
- horse
Matteo Bartoli,
Il Dalmatico :
- el caval cuar per la cal
- the horse runs through the street
Istriot
Etymology
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).
Noun
caval m
- horse
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
caval m (plural cavals)
- horse
References
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France – map 269: “cheval.. aux” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
- Oliviéri, Michèle & Sauzet, Patrick. 2016. Southern Gallo-Romance (Occitan). In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 319–349. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Müller 2011: 43. Likewise for the Auvergnat pronunciation.
- ^ First variant per Müller (2011: 43) and Oliviéri & Sauzet (2016: 325), the latter pointing out that it is a borrowing of French cheval. Other two variants per the ALF, which also shows the first variant.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.
Noun
caval m (oblique plural cavals, nominative singular cavals, nominative plural caval)
- horse
Descendants
Romagnol
Pronunciation
Noun
caval m (plural cavël)
- horse
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval).
Pronunciation
Noun
caval n (plural cavale)
- flute
Declension
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