alvariza

Galician

FWOTD – 12 February 2018

Etymology

From older alvariça (attested in 1428), from Latin alvearium and the suffix -riza.

Albariza, A Estrada, Galicia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alβaˈɾiθa̝/

  • Audio:

    (file)

Noun

alvariza f (plural alvarizas)

1. apiary, place with beehives
2. stone wall enclosing an apiary and protecting it from bears and other predators
   • 1428, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media. Sada: Ediciós do Castro, page 186:

     con todos los casarelos que estan en na Touça onde o dito Iohan Afonso monje feso a aluariça

     with all the huts that are in the wood where the aforementioned monk Xohan Afonso made the albariza

   Synonym: abellariza

Derived terms

• Albariza

References

• “aluariça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “alvariza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.