# ovella
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* oveia, auvella, ouvella, auveia, auvea, aovella, uella, güella, auella
* avolla, avoia, voia (from Vulgar Latin *ovuc(u)la)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oveylla, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Occitan oelha. The initial diphthong in numerous regional variants reflects contamination from preceding determiners with final /-a/, as in una ovella > un' auvella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈβɛ.ʎə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [oˈvə.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [oˈve.ʎa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ovella f (plural ovelles)
* sheep
    Synonym: be
* ewe

#### Coordinate terms

* marrà
* moltó

#### Derived terms

* ovellenc
* oveller

#### Related terms

* oví

### References

* “ovella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* Petit Atles Lingüístic del Domini Català 6 'ovella'

### Further reading

* “ovella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ovella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “ovella” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Fala
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ovella, from Latin ovicula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈbeʎa/
* Rhymes: -eʎa
* Syllabification: o‧ve‧lla

### Noun

ovella f (plural ovellas)
* ewe (female sheep)
* sheep

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Finnish
### Noun

ovella
* adessive singular of ovi

### Anagrams

* velloa

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* ovelha (reintegrationist)
* ouvella

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovella, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Spanish oveja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oˈβeʎɐ]

### Noun

ovella f (plural ovellas)
* sheep

#### Derived terms

* ovellado
* Ovellariza
* ovelleiro

### See also

* cordeiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ovella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ovella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ovella”, 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), “ovella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ovella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN