tolva

Inherited from Latin tubula with syncope of the second /u/ and metathesis of /l/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolba/ [ˈt̪ol.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -olba
• Syllabification: tol‧va

tolva f (plural tolvas)

1. hopper, chute
2. (Chile) dump truck

• “tolva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “tolva”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

From the number tolv (“twelve”).

tolva c

1. a twelve; something which consists of twelve parts
2. the twelfth in a succession

• bluestolva

• nolla, etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva

• lovat