nabiña
Galician
Alternative forms
- nabía, nebiña
Etymology
From nabo (“turnip”) + -iña.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [naˈβiɲɐ]
Noun
nabiña f (plural nabiñas)
- 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?
- 19th century, folk song:
Related terms
- nabo
References
- “nabiña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nabiña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nabiña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.