cova
Portuguese
/ˈkɔ.vɐ/
noun
Definitions
- hole, hollow, cavity
- cavern
- grave.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cova inherited from Latin *cova, cavus (hollow, concave, cavity, sunken) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (cavity).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱówHwos
Gloss
cavity
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cavus English
- *cova Latin
- *covus Latin
- caverna Latin
- cavifrons Latin
- cavirostris Latin
- cavitas Latin
- cavo Latin
- cavum Latin
- cavus Latin
- concavus Latin
- covus Latin
- cavagno Italian
- cavo Italian
- cave French
- cavo Spanish, Castilian
- cueva Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱówHwos Proto-Indo-European
- coveiro Portuguese
- cava Catalan, Valencian
- cavorco Galician
- cova Galician
- căuș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gaură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zgăura Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kuyba Cebuano
- kuweba Tagalog
- cova Old Portuguese
- gavrã Aromanian
- *kawos Proto-Italic
- cueva Asturian
- cueua Old Spanish