arẽa

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See also: area, área, àrea, and äreä

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin arēnā (sand), possibly from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Noun

arẽa f (plural arẽas)

  1. sand
    en un batél a gran pẽa, ca viron a nave chẽa d’ agua vólta con arẽa e aquel pan todo mollar - in a small boat, at a great peril, they saw the ship full of water turned with sand, and that bread all soaked (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 112)

Descendants

  • Galician: area
  • Portuguese: areia (see there for further descendants)