carnabaza

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Galician

carnabaza ("caraway")

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since circa 1750. Perhaps from a substrate language, like cabaza and carpaza.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

carnabaza f (plural carnabazas)

  1. caraway (Carum carvi)
    Synonyms: carvea, herba doce

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “calabaza, carquesa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos