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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lava.

lava;

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫa.wa]Classical-Latin[ˈlaː.va]

  1. lava

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Italian, Neapolitan, and Sicilian lava (“lava; downpour overflowing the streets”), likely from lābēs (“a fall; a collapse; subsidence”), from lābī (“to fall; to slip”); compare lābīna (“landslide”).

verb[ˈɫa.waː]Classical-Latin[ˈlaː.va]

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lavō

    active · form-of · imperative · present · second-person · singular
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