"lava" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈɫa.wa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: lavae [genitive]
Etymology: From Italian, Neapolitan, and Sicilian lava (“lava; downpour overflowing the streets”), likely from lābēs (“a fall; a collapse; subsidence”), from lābī (“to fall; to slip”); compare lābīna (“landslide”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|it,nap,scn|lava|t=lava; downpour overflowing the streets}} Italian, Neapolitan, and Sicilian lava (“lava; downpour overflowing the streets”) Head templates: {{la-noun|lava<1>}} lava f (genitive lavae); first declension
  1. (New Latin) lava Tags: New-Latin, declension-1, feminine Synonyms: rhyax
    Sense id: en-lava-la-noun-XtRVZvKd Categories (other): New Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ˈɫa.waː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: lavā [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=lavā}} lavā
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lavō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: lavō
    Sense id: en-lava-la-verb-hesk3jeQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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