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Galician
Etymology
14th century (avença). From Latin habentia (“having, owning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈβɛnθa̝/, /aˈβenθa̝/
Noun
habenza f (plural habenzas)
- (archaic) possession
- Synonym: facenda
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 637:Et, senores, en esta çidade á moytos caualeyros et burzeses, et tẽen grandes auenças- And, gentlemen, in this city there are many knight and burgesses, and they haver large possessions
- livestock, cattle (but restricted to sheep and goats)
- goats and sheep of a proprietor
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “auença”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “havença” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “habenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “abenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “habenza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “abença”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN