ribeira
See also: Ribeira
Galician
A Ribeira Sacra
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Portuguese ribeira, Spanish ribera, French rivière.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈβejɾa̝/
Noun
ribeira f (plural ribeiras)
- bank
- Synonym: riba
- shore
- Synonyms: beiramar, costa
Derived terms
- Ribeira
- Ribeiriña
- Ribeiroa
Related terms
- arriba
- riba
References
- “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “ribeira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ribeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ribeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ribeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ribeira, from Vulgar Latin *rīpāria (“riverbank, seashore, river”), from the feminine of Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Compare Spanish ribera, French rivière.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾɐ/ [χiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbe(j).ɾa/ [hiˈbe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʁiˈβɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbej.ɾɐ/ [ʁiˈβej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁiˈbe.ɾɐ/ [ʁiˈβe.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: ri‧bei‧ra
Noun
ribeira f (plural ribeiras)
- bank (of a river)
- watering, irrigation
- stream, rivulet
- (Brazil) stock breeding area
Related terms
- ribeiro
- riba
- arriba
- ripário