nébeda
See also: nebēdā and nebēda
Galician
Nébedas
Alternative forms
- néboda
Etymology
From Latin nepeta (“catnip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛβe̝ða̝/
Noun
nébeda f (plural nébedas)
- lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
- 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:
- aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas
- they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, lesser calamint and salt
- aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas
- 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:
References
- “nébeda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “nébeda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “nébeda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnebeda/ [ˈne.β̞e.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -ebeda
- Syllabification: né‧be‧da
Noun
nébeda f (plural nébedas)
- catnip
- Synonym: menta de gato
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “nébeda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 220
Further reading
- “nébeda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014