anavia

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly via a Vulgar Latin *anabionem.[1] Ultimately related to Basque ahabia (blueberry), Catalan nabiu (bilberry), Aragonese anayón (blueberry), Gascon anajon (blueberry) and Languedocien abajon.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈnabja/ [aˈna.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: a‧na‧via

Noun[edit]

anavia f (plural anavias)

  1. (botany, dialectal) blueberry
    Synonym: arándano

References[edit]

  1. ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1988) “Materiales para un diccionario etimológico de la lengua vasca (I)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume 22, number 1, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, →ISSN, page 262

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