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Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From canavea (“reed”) + -eira.
Pronunciation
Noun
canaveira m (plural canaveiras)
- 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 !
- cane
- Synonyms: cana, canavela
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canaveyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canaueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canaveira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canaveira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canaveira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN