bainha

Significado

Noun

1. (feminine) sheath, scabbard
2. (feminine) hem

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of bainhar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of bainhar:

Guionizado como

ba‧i‧nha

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/baˈĩ.ɲɐ/

Etimoloxía

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bainha, from Latin vāgīna (“sheath”). Compare Galician vaíña, Spanish vaina, Catalan beina, also French gaine, Italian guaina. Doublet of vagem and vagina, borrowings from the same source.