canaveira

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From canavea (reed) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

Noun

canaveira m (plural canaveiras)

  1. common reed
    Synonym: carrizo
    • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 254:
      Et aquel deus Pam [...] estando el aly veẽo hum pouco de vento et moveo aquelas canaueyras et fazia em ellas hũ som que dizia syrim et esto era que aquelas canaveyras [queriã] dizer ¡Syringa!
      And while being there this god Pan a little wind came and moved those reeds, and made in them a sound that says syrim, and this is what these reeds wanted to say: Syringe !
  2. cane
    Synonyms: cana, canavela

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