canaveira

Galician

Alternative forms

• caniveira

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanaˈβejɾɐ]

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 [panpipes]!

2. cane

   Synonyms: cana, canavela

References

• Ernesto 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: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canaueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “canaveira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “canaveira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canaveira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.