berbia

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Galician

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Etymology

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From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (to boil)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂ (cascade), from *bʰerw- (to boil).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾβja̝/, /ˈbɛɾβja̝/

Noun

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berbia f (plural berbias)

  1. (archaic) current, stream
  2. (archaic) cascade
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References

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  1. ^ Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 180.