acea
Galician
Etymology
Attested from the 13th century (azea). From Arabic السَّانِيَة (as-sāniya, “water scoop, water wheel”), feminine singular active participle of سَنَا (sanā, “to water, to shine, to draw water”). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
acea f (plural aceas)
- tide mill
- water mill with a vertical water wheel
- Synonym: muíño
Derived terms
Usage notes
If the water mill has an horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “azea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “acea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- "acea" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “aceña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.
Pronunciation
Determiner
acea
- nominative/accusative feminine singular of acel
- Synonym: (informal) aia
See also
Categories:
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- Rhymes:Romanian/a
- Rhymes:Romanian/a/2 syllables
- Romanian non-lemma forms
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