silvar

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. to hiss
  2. to whistle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/siwˈva(ʁ)/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese silvar, *sivlar, from Latin sibilāre (“to hiss”), with metathesis. Compare the borrowed doublet sibilar. Cognate with Spanish silbar.

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