uivar

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese uyvar, uyar (compare Galician ouvear), from Latin ululāre, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of ulular, a borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ui‧var

Verb[edit]

uivar (first-person singular present uivo, first-person singular preterite uivei, past participle uivado)

  1. (intransitive) to howl, to utter a loud and mournful sound as dogs and wolves often do

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