acea

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See also: -acea and -ácea

Galician

A Galician acea or muíño ("water mill")
Acea ("tide mill")

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century (azea). From Arabic السَّانِيَة (as-sāniya, “water scoop, water wheel”), feminine singular active participle of سَنَا (sanā, “to water, to shine, to draw water”). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.

Pronunciation

Noun

acea f (plural aceas)

  1. tide mill
  2. water mill with a vertical water wheel
    Synonym: muíño

Usage notes

If the water mill has a horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.

Derived terms

References

  • “azea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “acea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “acea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “acea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • "acea" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “aceña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃe̯a/
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  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧cea

Determiner

acea

  1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of acel
    Synonym: (informal) aia

See also

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