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Galician
Verb
velam
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of velar
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
velam f
- accusative singular of vela
- AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:
- irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.
- When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv
Portuguese
Verb
velam
- third-person plural present indicative of velar