Talk:calva

RFV discussion: October 2011–March 2012
I just created the English entry, going on the the information given in Calva; however, the OED has no entry in any sense for, so I bring our new entry here for verification. — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 11:45, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it should be moved to the Spanish section. There may be different varieties of the game. According to the Diccionario de la lengua española of the Real Academia Española the game consists of trying to hit the upper part of a log with pebbles. --Hekaheka 21:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Search Google Books for "broken calva" and you'll see sufficiently many hits for the second etymology. (To my surprise, only calvae, not calvas is attested as the plural of that sense, at least in my not-that-determined search.)
 * Search for "glass of calva" and "two calvas" and you will likewise see hits for the third etymology. I have combined "brandy" and "a glass of this brandy" rather than cite each individually.
 * I have not looked for the first etymology yet. I will look for it later. - -sche (discuss) 06:15, 21 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, the obvious search for sense 1 of etyl 1, "play calva", turns up exactly nothing. "Down the calva" (designed to find hits of "knock|ed|ing down the calva") finds only one hit of the brandy sense. "Clear calva" (because the sport is "so named after the field on which the game is played, which is cleared of any obstacles") also finds nothing. It may be best to take Heka's suggestion and move etyl 1 to the Spanish section. - -sche (discuss) 06:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado" gives these definitions to "calva"
 * Parte de la cabeza donde se ha caído el pelo
 * Espacio de tierra sin árboles en un bosque
 * Especie de juego de bolos que se hace con un cuerno y piedras
 * "RAE"'s definitions are:
 * Parte de la cabeza de la que se ha caído el pelo
 * Parte de una piel, felpa u otro tejido semejante que ha perdido el pelo por el uso
 * Sitio en los sembrados, plantíos y arbolados donde falta la vegetación correspondiente
 * Juego que consiste en tirar los jugadores a proporcianada distancia piedras a la parte superior de un madero sin tocar antes en tierra.
 * de almete, Parte superior de esta pieza de armatura que cubre el cránco --Hekaheka (talk) 07:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Moved the game to the Spanish section, removed rfv. --Hekaheka (talk) 08:19, 21 March 2012 (UTC)