berbia
See also: Berbia
Galician
Etymology
From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (“to boil”)), ultimatelly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂ (“cascade”), from *bʰerw- (“to boil”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾβja̝/, /ˈbɛɾβja̝/
Noun
berbia f (plural berbias)
- (archaic) current, stream
- (archaic) cascade
Related terms
- Berbia
References
- “berbia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “berbia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 180.