alcouve

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Galician

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Etymology

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Perhaps ultimately from Arabic حوض (ḥawḍ, basin).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alcouve m (plural alcouves)

  1. seedbed; nursery
    Synonyms: pebidal, sementeiro
    • 1900, Leopoldo Basa Villadefrancos, Fixo ben?:
      Sabeliña chamábase tamén a filla de Antón, e polo garrida era un milleiro de herbas cabreiras, un alcoube de meigallos.
      Sabeliña was also the name of Anton's daughter, so lush that she was a thousand Lunaria annua, a seedbed of charms.

References

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  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcouve”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90