benia
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of ben + haia, "may they have good".
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]benia
- (dated) God bless you; bless
- 1836, anonymous author, Diálogo 2º na Alameda:
- bénea nai que o pareu
- God bless the mother who gave him birth!
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “benia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “benia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “benia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN