berbia

See also: Berbia

Galician

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾβja̝/, /ˈbɛɾβja̝/

Noun

berbia f (plural berbias)

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

Related terms

• Berbia

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berbia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “berbia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.