cavala

See also: Cavala

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from one or more of the following: Occitan cavala, Piedmontese cavala, Italian cavalla.

Noun

cavala f (plural cavales) (ORB, broad)

1. female horse, mare

   Synonyms: èga, jument

   Coordinate term: chevâl m

References

• jument in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• cavala in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1062: “un cavallo; la cavalla” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 736: “jument” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.va.la/
• Homophones: cavalas, cavalât

Verb

cavala

1. third-person singular past historic of cavaler

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caballa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβalo]

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Noun

cavala f (plural cavalas)

1. mare

   Synonym: èga

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caballa.

Noun

cavala f

1. mare

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin caballa. Compare Spanish caballa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈva.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈva.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈva.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈba.lɐ/ [kɐˈβa.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -alɐ

Noun

cavala f (plural cavalas)

1. mackerel (edible fish of genus Scomber or Scomberomorus)

   Synonym: sarda

Usage notes

• Although cavala is etymologically the feminine form of cavalo, its meaning is not related to the female horse, which is called égua (from Latin equa).

Spanish

Verb

cavala

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of cavar combined with la