Contionary:alvorva

Modern Gallaecian

Alternative forms

  • alborba (Spanish, Asturian, Southern)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Calá) IPA(key): [ɑ̟ɫˈbɔɾ.bɐ]

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الْحُلْبَة(al-ḥúlba), from Arabic حُلْبَة(ḥulba). See Galician alforfa or Portuguese alforba.

Noun

alvorva f (plural alvorvas)

  1. buckwheat
  2. fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
  3. forage

Inflection

alvorva — feminine noun, a-declension
  Singular Plural
direct alvorva alvorvas
dative alvorve alvorvau
locative alvorve alvorvai

Mutation

Modern Gallaecian mutation[1]
Radical Soft Nasal
alvorva unchanged unchanged
1. ^ Christian Evans, (2021). “Mutation in Modern Gallaecian”, Segments (01-07), April 2021.