Galician edit

 
Camariñas
 
Camariña ("chamber") of a palloza house, O Piornedo, Galicia

Etymology edit

From cámara (chamber) +‎ -iña (little), literally little chamber; the plant, perhaps else from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *kat-marina (maritime) (vel sim).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

camariña f (plural camariñas)

  1. little chamber or bedroom

Noun edit

camariña f (plural camariñas)

  1. Corema album (a heath endemic of the Atlantic regions of the Iberian peninsula and southern France)
    Synonym: camariñeira

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: camariña

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cámara”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos