habenza

Galician

Etymology

14th century (avença). From Latin habentia (“having, owning”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈβɛnθa̝/, /aˈβenθa̝/

Noun

habenza f (plural habenzas)

  1. (archaic) possession
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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 2006-2012.
  • “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.
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