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Galician
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin cavus or either from a substrate language, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-. Cognate with Spanish cahuerco.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cavorco m (plural cavorcos)
- ravine
- Synonyms: barreiro, cárcava, corgo, groba, callostro, freita, baiunca, barronca, quenlle
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cavorco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cavorco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cavorco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN