nuve

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Given the total absence of final nasal reflex in Galician, from Latin nūbes rather than from an hypothetical Vulgar Latin root *nūbine-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.βe/

Noun

nuve f

1. cloud
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 419 (facsimile):

     […] mais ſei eu que nẽllur / achar nona podedes / quant o breton artur / ca eu a ui na nuue / ſobir eme chamou.

     […] but I know that you can find her nowhere; any more than you can find the Breton Arthur, because I saw her ascending on a cloud and she spoke to me.

Descendants

• Galician: nube
• Portuguese: nuvem

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• nue
• nube

Etymology

From Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnube/

Noun

nuve f (plural nuves)

1. cloud