cavus
English
noun
Definitions
- (geology) In planetary geology, it is used to refer to irregular steep-sided depressions that do not seem to be impact craters.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cavus (hollow, concave, cavity, sunken).
Origin
Latin
cavus
Gloss
hollow, concave, cavity, sunken
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *cova Latin
- caverna Latin
- cavifrons Latin
- cavirostris Latin
- cavitas Latin
- cavo Latin
- cavus Latin
- concavus Latin
- cavagno Italian
- cavo Italian
- cave French
- cavo Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱówHwos Proto-Indo-European
- cava Catalan, Valencian
- cavorco Galician
- căuș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gaură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zgăura Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gavrã Aromanian
- *kawos Proto-Italic