vaira
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word is attested in local medieval Latin documents as abanaria and apanaria; perhaps from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”) + Latin suffix -āria, though an intermediate form *avaẽyra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vaira f (plural vairas)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN