anajon

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from an Iberian substrate, possibly via Vulgar Latin *anabionem or, considering its doublet, *abanionem.[1] Related to Basque ahabia, Catalan nabiu, avajo (and other variants), Spanish anavia, Aragonese anayón.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /anaˈʒun/

Noun

anajon m (plural anajons)

  1. (Gascony) blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)

References
  1. Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1994) “Materiales Para Un Diccionario Etimológico De La Lengua Vasca (I-XXI)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume I, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, page 262

Further reading
  • 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, page 266
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