pravoa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paravla, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; later, speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of palabra and parola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaβo̯a̝/

Noun

pravoa f (plural pravoas)

1. word

   Synonyms: verba, voz

2. voice
3. vote
4. ranseur (pole-weapon)

References

• “pravoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pravoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pravoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pravoa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pravoa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.