veiga

See also: Veiga

Galician

Etymology

Debated. Attested as vaica in Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century.[1] From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[2] Cognate with Spanish vega.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbejɣa̝/

Noun

veiga m (plural veigas)

  1. fertile alluvial plain or valley
  2. marsh
    Synonym: braña

Derived terms
  • A Veiga
  • miraveigas
  • Veicelas
  • Veiga
  • Veiguiña

References
  • “veiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “veyga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “veiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “veiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “veiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Lapesa, Rafael (2004) Manuel Seco, editor, Léxico hispánico primitivo, Pozuelo de Alarcón: Ed. Espasa Calpe, →ISBN, s.v. uega.
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “vega”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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