anajon

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from an Iberian substrate, possibly via Vulgar Latin *anabionem or, considering its doublet, *abanionem.[1] Related to Basque ahabia, Catalan nabiu, avajo (and other variants), Spanish anavia, Aragonese anayón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaˈʒun/

Noun

anajon m (plural anajons)

  1. (Gascony) blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)

References

  1. ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1988) “Materiales para un diccionario etimológico de la lengua vasca (I)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume 22, number 1, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, →ISSN, page 262

Further reading

  • Mitxelena, Koldo L. (1961) Fonética histórica vasca [Basque Historical Phonetics] (Obras completas de Luis Michelena; 1) (in Spanish), Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa, published 1990, →ISBN, page 266
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