nébeda

See also: nebēdā and nebēda

Galician

Nébedas

Alternative forms

• néboda

Etymology

From Latin nepeta (“catnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛβe̝ða̝/

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

1. lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
   • 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:

     aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas

     they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, lesser calamint and salt

References

• “nébeda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nébeda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nébeda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnebeda/ [ˈne.β̞e.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ebeda
• Syllabification: né‧be‧da

Noun

nébeda f (plural nébedas)

1. catnip

   Synonym: menta de gato

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “nébeda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

• “nébeda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014