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ovelha.

a female sheep; a ewe

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/oˈve.ʎɐ/Brazil/ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ/Portugal/ɔˈbe.ʎɐ/Northern, Portugal[ɔˈβe.ʎɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. a female sheep; a ewe

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovelha, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis or *h₃éwis (“sheep”). Compare Galician ovella, Mirandese oubeilha, Spanish oveja.

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