excavate

Etymology 1
Known since 1599, from, perfect passive participle of , from + , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
 * 2)  To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
 * 3)  To uncover (something) by digging.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician: escavar
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Maori: whakakōrua, karituangi, haukeri
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: haratay
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: hukay, balon


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Galician: escavar
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Maori: haukeri
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: hukay
 * Vietnamese:
 * White Hmong: khawb


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Galician: escavar
 * Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latin: effodiō
 * Malay: huke
 * Maori: huke, kohura
 * Tagalog:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zulu: mba


 * Catalan:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1)  Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.