Galician edit

 
Leña

Etymology edit

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese lenna (firewood), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (log).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leña f (plural uncountable)

  1. firewood (pieces gathered to make fire)
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:
      A quem Deus quer bem, o vento lle apaña a leña
      the wind collects the firewood of the ones well loved by God

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References edit

  • lenna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • leña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • leña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • leña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • leña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɲa/ [ˈle.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -eɲa
  • Syllabification: le‧ña

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Spanish lenna, from Latin ligna, plural of lignum.

Noun edit

leña f (plural leñas)

  1. firewood, wood (pieces of wood gathered to burn as fuel)
  2. kindling
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

leña

  1. inflection of leñar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit