geniva

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒəˈni.βə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒəˈni.və]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [d͡ʒeˈni.va]

Noun

geniva f (plural genives)

gum (flesh around the teeth)

Related terms

gingivitis

References

“geniva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“geniva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“geniva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“geniva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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