arẽa

See also: area, área, àrea, and äreä

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arena

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēnā (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈɾẽ.a/
• Rhymes: -ẽa

Noun

arẽa f (plural arẽas)

1. sand

   en un batél a gran pẽa, ca viron a nave chẽa d’ agua vólta con arẽa e aquel pan todo mollar - in a small boat, at a great peril, they saw the ship full of water turned with sand, and that bread all soaked (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 112)

Related terms

• arẽal

Descendants

• Galician: area
• Portuguese: areia (see there for further descendants)