acea

See also: -acea and -ácea

Galician

A Galician acea or muíño ("water mill")

Acea ("tide mill")

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century (azea). From Arabic السَّانِيَة (as-sāniya, “water scoop, water wheel”), feminine singular active participle of سَنَا (sanā, “to water, to shine, to draw water”). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθea̝/

Noun

acea f (plural aceas)

1. tide mill
2. water mill with a vertical water wheel

   Synonym: muíño

Usage notes

If the water mill has a horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.

Derived terms

• Acea
• Acea de Ama

References

• “azea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• "acea" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe̯a/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧cea

Determiner

acea

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of acel

   Synonym: (informal) aia

See also

• această