nabiu

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic, possibly via a Vulgar Latin *anabionem or, considering its variants, *abanionem.[1] Ultimately related to Basque ahabia (“bilberry”), Spanish anavia (“blueberry”), Gascon anajon (“blueberry”) and Languedocien abajon.

Pronunciation

Noun

nabiu m (plural nabius)

  1. blueberry

Derived terms

  • nabiu de grua (“cranberry”)

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

  • “nabiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “nabiu”, 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
  • 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, pages 266, 800
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