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hovera

hovera numeral: eight in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Numeral

hovera

  1. (Cumbria) Eight in Cumbrian sheep counting.

Origin of hovera

From Brythonic/Cumbric numerals, from an assumed *(h)oxt. Compare hwyth, the h-mutation of the Welsh form.

Questions about hovera

What does hovera mean?
Hovera means eight in Cumbrian sheep counting.
What part of speech is hovera?
Hovera is a numeral.

Words near hovera in the dictionary

  1. hover-fly
  2. hover-hand
  3. hover-hands
  4. hover-slam
  5. hover-slams
  6. hovera
  7. hoverable
  8. hoverbarge
  9. hoverbarges
  10. hoverbike
  11. hoverbikes

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