Noun: vaíña
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | vaíña |
| Plural f | vaíñas |
Sample Sentences
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Sissa das beynas d'espadas. Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona de fora parte que trouxer veynas despadas a vender aa dita çibdade, que page de cada duzia III brancas. (Assize of the sword scabbards. Item, they ordered that any person from the outside that brings sword scabbards for selling to this city, that they shall pay of each dozen 3 white coins) [1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 422:]
Nouns inflected like vaíña
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bainha, from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). Compare Portuguese bainha, Spanish vaina, Catalan beina, also French gaine, Italian guaina. Doublet of vaxa and vaxina, borrowings from the same source. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
bainha', Old Portuguese Nouns '
bainha', Latin Nouns '
vāgīna', Portuguese Nouns '
bainha', Spanish Nouns '
vaina', Catalan Nouns '
beina', French Nouns '
gaine', Italian Nouns '
guaina'.
Verbs referencing "vaíña"
Portuguese Nouns
bainha.
Translations