hovera

== English == === Etymology === From Brythonic/Cumbric numerals, from an assumed *(h)oxt. Compare hwyth, the h-mutation of the Welsh form. === Numeral === hovera (Cumbria) Eight in Cumbrian sheep counting. ==== See also ==== (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot === References === Wright, Peter (1995), Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7 Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007), Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number‎[1], Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 17 May 2008, page 75 Varvogli, Aliki (2002), Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎[2], Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 17 May 2008, pages 24-25