gaivota

Galician

Gaivota and Cíes Islands, Galicia

Alternative forms

• gavota, gueivota

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin gāvia (“seagull”) +‎ -ota. Compare Spanish gaviota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡajˈβɔta̝/

Noun

gaivota f (plural gaivotas)

1. gull, seagull

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gaivota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gaivota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gaivota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

gaivota (Larus occidentalis)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gaviota,(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) from Latin gāvia (“seagull”) +‎ -ota. Compare Spanish gaviota.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈvɔ.tɐ/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈvɔ.tɐ/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈvɔ.ta/ [ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈvɔ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈvɔ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡajˈbɔ.tɐ/ [ɡajˈβɔ.tɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: gai‧vo‧ta

Noun

gaivota f (plural gaivotas)

1. seagull (white seabird of the family Laridae)

Related terms

• gavião

Descendants

• → Guajajára: kaiwot

Further reading

• “gaivota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gaivota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026