maraña
See also: maraṇa
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Attested since the 14th century; probably from a substrate language; perhaps related to French baragne (“hedge, net”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɾaɲa̝/
Noun
maraña f (plural marañas)
- skein of crude flax or tow yarn
- 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
- acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido
- you'll find at my in home in my chest fifty yards of cloth with are woven and five skeins of crude yarn and three of whitened ones
- acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido
- Synonyms: madeixa, meada
- 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
- brushwood; underbrush
- Synonym: broza
- (botany) Chadophora rupestris
Derived terms
- marañón
References
- “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “marana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “maraña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “maraña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “maraña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from Iberian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɾaɲa/ [maˈɾa.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: ma‧ra‧ña
Noun
maraña f (plural marañas)
- thicket
- tangle, muddle, jumble, snarl
Derived terms
- enmarañar
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “maraña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014