nabiu

Catalan edit

Alternative forms edit

nabí, nabís, naió, aió, avajo

Etymology edit

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly via a Vulgar Latin *anabionem or, considering its variants, *abanionem.^[1] Ultimately related to Basque ahabia (“bilberry”), Spanish anavia (“blueberry”), Gascon anajon (“blueberry”) and Languedocien abajon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central) [nəˈβiw]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈbiw]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [naˈbiw]

Noun edit

nabiu m (plural nabius)

blueberry

Derived terms edit

nabiu de grua (“cranberry”)

Related terms edit

nabinera

References edit

^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1994) “Materiales Para Un Diccionario Etimológico De La Lengua Vasca (I-XXI)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume I, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, page 262

Further reading edit

“nabiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“nabiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, pages 266, 800

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