azỹeira
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- azinneira (late)
Etymology
Azinna + -eira. Azinna from Vulgar Latin ilicīna, from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad͡zĩˈejɾa/, (late) /ad͡ziˈɲejɾa/
Noun
azỹeira f (plural azỹeiras)
- holm oak
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
- […] hũa grandazỹeira.
- […] a big holm oak tree.
- […] hũa grandazỹeira.