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berbia

See also: Berbia

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (“to boil”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂ (“cascade”), from *bʰerw- (“to boil”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾβja̝/, /ˈbɛɾβja̝/

Noun edit

berbia f (plural berbias)

  1. (archaic) current, stream
  2. (archaic) cascade

Related terms edit

References edit

  • “berbia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “berbia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. ^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 180.
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