maraña

See also: maraṇa

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 14th century; perhaps from a substrate language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈɾaɲa̝/

Noun

maraña f (plural marañas)

  1. skein of crude flax or tow yarn
    • 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 152:
      acharedes en casa na mia ucha cinquoeenta uaras de lenço que seen ordidas et cinquo maranas de fiado cruu et tres de cozido
      you'll find at my in home in my chest fifty yards of cloth with are woven and five skeins of crude yarn and three of whitened ones
    Synonyms: madeixa, meada
  2. brushwood; underbrush
    Synonym: broza
  3. (botany) Chadophora rupestris

References
  • “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “marana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “maraña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “maraña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “maraña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Noun

maraña f (plural marañas)

  1. thicket
  2. snarl
  3. tangle, muddle
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