oveya

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Spanish oveja, Portuguese ovelha and Galician ovella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbeʝa/ [oˈβ̞e.ʝa]
• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Syllabification: o‧ve‧ya

Noun

oveya f (plural oveyes)

1. ewe, sheep

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “oveya”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “oveya”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN