cavilha

Galician

Noun

cavilha f (plural cavilhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of cavilla

Further reading

• “cavilha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla, from syncopation of *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβiʎo]

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Noun

cavilha f (plural cavilhas)

1. ankle

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 161.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caviglia or Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla, from syncopation of *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and clavícula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈvi.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbi.ʎɐ/ [kɐˈβi.ʎɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧lha

Noun

cavilha f (plural cavilhas)

1. dowel, peg

Further reading

• “cavilha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cavilha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “cavilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024