aigua

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === aiga, àuia aigo (presumably borrowed from Occitan) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan aygua~ayga, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. First attested in 1169. Compare Occitan aiga, French eau, Spanish agua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈaj.ɣwə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈaj.ɣwa] === Noun === aigua f (plural aigües) water ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “aigua”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “aigua” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aigua”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin aqua, through Occitan and Gallo-Italic dialects. Doublet of acqua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaj.ɡwa/ Rhymes: -ajɡwa Hyphenation: ài‧gua === Noun === aigua f (uncountable) (literary, obsolete) alternative form of acqua === Further reading === aigua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Old Occitan == === Alternative forms === agua, aiga === Etymology === From Latin aqua. === Noun === aigua f (oblique plural aiguas, nominative singular aigua, nominative plural aiguas) water ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: aiga, aigua