cafurna

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin cava (cave) *furnea (oven-like). Cognate with Portuguese cafurna and Occitan cafourno.[1] Compare also Latin caverna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈfuɾna̝/

Noun

cafurna f (plural cafurnas)

  1. cave
    Synonyms: furna, gruta

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “furnia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos