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See also:
avan
and
avan-
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Old Galician-Portuguese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Suffix
1.2.1
Descendants
Old Galician-Portuguese
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Etymology
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Inherited
from
Latin
-ābant
.
Suffix
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-avan
(
1st conj.
)
a suffix indicating the
third-person plural
indicative
imperfect
of a verb in
-ar
amar
(
“
to love
”
)
+
-avan
→
amavan
(
“
[They] used to love
”
)
cantar
(
“
to sing
”
)
+
-avan
→
cantavan
(
“
[They] used to sing
”
)
voar
(
“
to fly
”
)
+
-avan
→
voavan
(
“
[They] used to fly
”
)
Descendants
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Galician:
-aban
Portuguese:
-avam
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