geniva
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeniva f (plural genives)
- gum (flesh around the teeth)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “geniva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “geniva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “geniva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “geniva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
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- Catalan lemmas
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