caivanca

Galician

Alternative forms

• cavanca, cavianca, queivanca

Etymology

From older cavianca, attested in local Latin documents since 940 CE, perhaps from Latin cavea (“hollow, cavity”) and a substrate prefix -anca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kajˈβaŋka̝/

Noun

caivanca f (plural caivancas)

1. gully; hollow

   Synonym: vaguada

2. ravine

   Synonyms: corgo, groba

Derived terms

• Caivanca
• Caivancas
• Cavancas
• Caveanca

References

• "caveanca" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
• “caivanca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “queivanca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “caivanca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “caivanca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.