braña

Asturian

Noun

braña f (plural brañes)

1. pasture; meadowland
2. settlement populated by Vaqueiros d'Alzada

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Galician

Brañas de Xestoso, Galicia

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents, as brania, at least since the 10th century. From a substrate language; perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, faul”), either from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to smell, to have a strong odour”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cf. Old Irish brén (“putrid, rotten”) and Welsh braenar (“fallow ground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaɲa̝/

Noun

braña f (plural brañas)

1. mire, bog, fen, marsh
   • 1459, Fernando Tato (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, page 182:

     diso que oýra diser a Johán de Njne, fillo de Estéuõo, que Ferrnando de Deyra leua[ra], pouco ha, hũu carro de salgeyros cortados por pee de Brandarís, cabo dos lagos da braña

     he said that he heard from Xoán of Nine, son of Estevo, that Fernando of Deira took away, a short time ago, a cart of willows cut down from Brandarís, by the lakes of the marsh

   Synonym: boedo

2. moorland or fallow ground

Derived terms

• auga braña
• Braña
• brañada
• brañal
• Brañal
• Brañas
• brañego
• Brañeira
• Brañela
• brañento
• brañoco
• brañón
• Brañón

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “brana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “braña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• Template:R:TILG
• “braña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Noun

braña f (plural brañas)

1. (northern, Spain) meadow; meadowland
2. (Asturias) village populated by Vaqueiros de Alzada