acea

Attested from the 13th century (azea). From Arabic السَّانِيَة‎ (as-sāniya, “water scoop, water wheel”), feminine singular active participle of سَنَا‎ (sanā, “to water, to shine, to draw water”). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.[1]

• IPA^(key): /aˈθea̝/

acea f (plural aceas)

1. tide mill
2. water mill with a vertical water wheel

   Synonym: muíño

• Acea
• Acea de Ama

If the water mill has an horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.

• “azea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “acea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “acea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• "acea" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

From Vulgar Latin *eccu illa, from Latin eccum + illa(m), feminine singular of ille.

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe̯a/

acea

1. feminine singular nominative of acel- that
2. feminine singular accusative of acel

• acele

• această