cavate

See also: çavate

English

Etymology

From Latin cavātus (“hollowed out”), from cavō (“to hollow out, to excavate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.veɪt/

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Noun

cavate (plural cavates)

1. (archaeology) A cliffside dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
   • 1995, Peter McKenna, Analysis of Surface Ceramics From the Study Area:

     Given the absence of other means of dating the cavates, ceramic dating was the focus of the data collection, but we also recorded vessel form.

   • 2010, Allan MacGillivray III, The Venus Calendar Observatory at Aztec New Mexico, page 135:

     The reader may wonder about the significance of the Ahuitzotl figure in a cavate near Los Alamos National Laboratory.

   • 2012, Matthew Liebmann, Revolt: An Archaeological History of Pueblo Resistance and Revitalization in 17th Century New Mexico, page 140:

     While the cavate was originally carved out generations, if not centuries, before 1680, the ceramics associated with its final substantial occupation (including Kapo Black, Tewa Polychrome, and Glaze F pottery) have led investigators to conclude that Pueblo people reoccupied it sometime between 1680 and 1700.

Related terms

• excavate

Translations

cliff-side dwelling

• Bulgarian: ска́лно жи́лище n (skálno žílište)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

cavate

1. inflection of cavare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

cavate f pl

1. feminine plural of cavato

Anagrams

• taceva, vacate

Latin

Verb

cavāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cavō

Spanish

Verb

cavate

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