urva

See also: Urva

English

taxidermied urvas.

Etymology

From Nepali [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

urva (plural urvas)

1. A crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).

References

• crab-eating mongoose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Urva urva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Urva urva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈur.u̯aː/, [ˈʊru̯äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈur.va/, [ˈurvä]

Verb

urvā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of urvō