chuvia

Galician

chuvia ("rain")

Alternative forms

• choiva, chuva

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia. Compare Portuguese chuva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃubja/ [ˈt͡ʃu.β̞jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ubja
• Hyphenation: chu‧via

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

1. rain

Derived terms

• chuvasco
• chuvasqueiro
• chuvia de meteoros
• chuvieira
• chuviñar
• chuvioso
• chuvisca
• chuviscar

Related terms

• chover

References

• “chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chuvia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chuvia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chuvia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chuvia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Alternative forms

• lluvia

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pluvia.

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

1. rain

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chovia, chuvha

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pluvia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuβja/

Noun

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

1. rain
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 143 (facsimile):

     Enton a uirgen as nuueſabrir / fez ⁊ delas tan g[ra]n chuuia ſayr / que quantos chorauã fezo ryr / ⁊ yr con grand alegria.

     Then the Virgin made the clouds open and such great rain to issue from them that it caused all who were weeping to laugh and go their way happily.

Related terms

• chover

Descendants

• Galician: chuvia, choiva
• Portuguese: chuva, chuiva (dated, dialectal) (see there for further descendants)