lava

🧽
lavar

to wash

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈla.vɐ/
Etymology

From Neapolitan lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”). Likely in the sense of “landslide, torrent” from Latin labes (“fall”), compare labina (“avalanche, landslide”).

molten magma

lawa

λάβα

magma

حُمَم بُرْكَانِيَّة

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