chuvia

Galician

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

“chuvia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chuvia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chuvia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chuvia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chuvia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

chuvia f (plural chuvias)

chuvia f

rain
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 143 (facsimile):
  
  Enton a uirgen as nuueſabrir / fez ⁊ delas tan g[ra]n chuuia ſayr / que quantos chorauã fezo ryr / ⁊ yr con grand alegria.
  Then the Virgin made the clouds open and such great rain to issue from them that it caused all who were weeping to laugh and go their way happily.

Galician: chuvia, choiva
Portuguese: chuva, chuiva (dated, dialectal) (see there for further descendants)