nabiña

Galician

Alternative forms

• nabinha (reintegrationist)
• nabía, nebiña

Etymology

From nabo (“turnip”) +‎ -iña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈβiɲɐ]

Noun

nabiña f (plural nabiñas)

1. turnip seed
   • 19th century, folk song:

     Sementei nabiña vèlla
     n'a tèrra non formentou.
     ¿Qu'hei de facer, de min triste,
     s'a nòva se me acabou!

     I planted old turnip seeds
     on the ground, didn't grew.
     Pity me, what I'm gonna do
     if I ran out of new one?

Related terms

• nabo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nabiña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nabiña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nabiña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN