canaval

Galician

Etymology

From canavea (“reed”) +‎ -al. Compare Portuguese canavial and Spanish cañaveral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanaˈβal/

Noun

canaval m (plural canavais)

1. reed bed

   Synonym: canedo

Derived terms

• Canabal
• Canaval

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canaval”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “canaval” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “canaval” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canaval” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.