geniva
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ʒəˈni.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʒəˈni.və]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈni.va]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
[edit]geniva f (plural genives)
- gum (flesh around the teeth)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “geniva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “geniva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “geniva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “geniva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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