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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation
Adjective
corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)
- black; dark
Noun
corvo m (plural corvos)
- raven (Corvus corax)
1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.- After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.
- crow (Corvus corone)
- Synonym: choia
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corvo”, 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), “corvo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corvo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin corvus, from Proto-Italic *korwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation
Noun
corvo m (plural corvi)
- raven, crow, rook
Derived terms
See also
Latin
Noun
corvō m
- dative/ablative singular of corvus
References
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Noun
corvo m (plural corvos)
- crow, raven
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Pronunciation
Noun
corvo m (plural corvos, metaphonic)
- crow, raven
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾbo/
- Rhymes: -oɾbo
- Syllabification: cor‧vo
Etymology 1
From Latin curvus.
Adjective
corvo (feminine corva, masculine plural corvos, feminine plural corvas)
- curved, arched, hooked
Noun
corvo m (plural corvos)
- hook
- Synonym: garfio
Etymology 2
Verb
corvo
- first-person singular present indicative of corvar
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