vaira
Galician edit
Etymology edit
The word is attested in local medieval Latin documents as abanaria and apanaria; perhaps from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”) + Latin suffix -āria, though an intermediate form *avaẽyra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vaira f (plural vairas)
References edit
- “vaira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “baira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “vaira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.