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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese paravla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; later, speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of palabra and parola.
Pronunciation
Noun
pravoa f (plural pravoas)
- word
- Synonyms: verba, voz
- voice
- vote
- ranseur (pole-weapon)
References
- “pravoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “pravoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pravoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pravoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pravoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.