caval

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English

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Etymology

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From cava +‎ -al.

Adjective

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caval (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the vena cava.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse).

Noun

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caval m

  1. horse
    • Matteo Bartoli, Il Dalmatico :
      el caval cuar per la cal
      the horse runs through the street

Istriot

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Etymology

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From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse).

Noun

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caval m

  1. horse

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan caval, from Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Limousin) [tʃaˈvɑʷ][1]
  • IPA(key): (Auvergnat) [tsaˈvo]
  • IPA(key): (Gascon) [ʃiˈβau̯], [kaˈβaʎ], [kaˈβatʃ][2]
  • Audio (Gascony):(file)
  • IPA(key): (West Languedocien) [kaˈβal]
  • Audio (West Languedoc):(file)

Noun

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caval m (plural cavals)

  1. horse
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References

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  • ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 269: “cheval.. aux” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
  • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.
  • Oliviéri, Michèle & Sauzet, Patrick. 2016. Southern Gallo-Romance (Occitan). In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 319–349. Oxford University Press.
  1. ^ Müller 2011: 43. Likewise for the Auvergnat pronunciation.
  2. ^ First variant per Müller (2011: 43) and Oliviéri & Sauzet (2016: 325), the latter pointing out that it is a borrowing of French cheval. Other two variants per the ALF, which also shows the first variant.

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin caballus (horse), from Latin caballus (pack horse), of Gaulish origin.

Noun

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caval m (oblique plural cavals, nominative singular cavals, nominative plural caval)

  1. horse

Descendants

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  • Occitan: caval

Romagnol

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [kɐˈvaɐ̯l]
  • (Southeastern Romagnol):

Noun

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caval m (plural cavël)

  1. horse

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوال (kaval).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caval n (plural cavale)

  1. flute

Declension

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Further reading

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