alcouve

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Arabic حوض (ḥawḍ, basin).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈkowβɪ]

Noun

alcouve m (plural alcouves)

  1. seedbed; nursery
    Synonyms: pebidal, sementeiro

References

  1. Corriente, Federico (2008) , “alcouve”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
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