habenza

Galician

Etymology

14th century (avença). From Latin habentia (having, owning).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈβɛnθa̝/, /aˈβenθa̝/

Noun

habenza f (plural habenzas)

  1. (archaic) possession
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 637:
      Et, senores, en esta çidade á moytos caualeyros et burzeses, et tẽen grandes auenças
      And, gentlemen, in this city there are many knight and burgesses, and they haver large possessions
    Synonym: facenda
  2. livestock, cattle (but restricted to sheep and goats)
  3. goats and sheep of a proprietor

References

  • auença” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • havença” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • habenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • abenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • habenza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Pensado, José Luis; Messner, Dieter (2003), abença”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7), A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN
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