lava

• n. 火山マグマ；火山の溶岩
• n.(溶岩)人の名前；(S.,I.)Lava.

PIE*leuの「流す」「噴出する」が語源で、lavatoryの「希釈する」と同じ語源。

lava (n.)

1750, from Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrian dialect) lava "torrent, stream," traditionally from Latin lavare "to wash" (see lave). Originally applied in Italian to flash flood rivulets after downpours, then to streams of molten rock from Vesuvius. Alternative etymology is from Latin labes "a fall," from labi "to fall." Lava lamp is attested from 1965, also lava light (reg. U.S., 1968, as Lava Lite).

1. The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava .

大地が裂け、熱い溶岩が流れ出た。

2.The city was entombed in volcanic lava .

都市は火山溶岩に埋もれている。

3. Lava is extruded from the volcano.

溶岩が火山から噴出した。

4.The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.

溶岩は火山の法面に沿って流れ落ちた。

5. Lava boiled up from the crater of the volcano.

溶岩が火口からこんこんと噴出した。