camariña

Galician

Etymology

From cámara (chamber) +‎ -iña (little), literally little chamber; the plant, perhaps else from Paleo-Hispanic *kat-marina (maritime) (vel sim).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamaˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

camariña f (plural camariñas)

  1. little chamber or bedroom

Noun

camariña f (plural camariñas)

  1. Corema album (a heath endemic of the Atlantic regions of the Iberian peninsula and southern France)
    Synonym: camariñeira

Derived terms

  • Camariña
  • Camariñas
  • Pobra do Caramiñal

Descendants

  • Spanish: camariña

See also

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cámara”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos