volva

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See also: völva, vǫlva, and vølva

English[edit]

Amanita caesarea (Caesar's mushroom) with prominent volva

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin volva.

Noun[edit]

volva (plural volvas or volvae)

  1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
    • 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VI, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
      The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

volva (plural volvas)

  1. Alternative form of völva

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Probably from Gaulish *ulva (“spray, wisp”).

Noun[edit]

volva f (plural volves)

  1. mote, speck
  2. flake (of snow)
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 12, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Els focus no mostraven res més que volves de neu que queien del cel en espiral.
      The light beams showed nothing but snowflakes spiraling down from the sky.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin volva.

Noun[edit]

volva f (plural volves)

  1. (botany) volva
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Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

volva

  1. inflection of volver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin volva, alternative form of vulva.

Noun[edit]

volva f (plural volve)

  1. volva (cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi)
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

volva

  1. inflection of volvere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

volva

  1. inflection of volver:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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