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

• “tolva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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