oveya

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Spanish oveja, Portuguese ovelha and Galician ovella.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈbeʝa/ [oˈβ̞e.ʝa]
  • Rhymes: -eʝa
  • Syllabification: o‧ve‧ya

Noun

oveya f (plural oveyes)

  1. ewe, sheep

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “oveya”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “oveya”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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