cava

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) armhole (hole for the arm in clothing)
2. (feminine) pit (hole dug in the ground)
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of veia cava (“large vein”)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of cavar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of cavar:

Adj

feminine singular of cavo

cavar

to dig, excavate, burrow, scoop

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cavo

first-person singular present indicative of cavar

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Concepts

pit

ditch

cave

hole

🕳️

hollow

cavity

armhole

hoeing

crook

crotch

moat

Synonyms

fossa

🕳️

cavidade

vala

valas

Trincheira

oco

Translations

kuil

sloot

greppel

groeve

groef

zanja

put

fossé

hol

🕳️

gracht

gat

holte

binage

Grube

creux

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈka.vɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: cava

In summary

Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.