llinya

Catalan

Alternative forms

nyinya

Etymology

Inherited from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of línia. Cognate with Spanish and Galician liña, Spanish línea, and Portuguese linha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎi.ɲə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈʎi.ɲa]

Noun

llinya f (plural llinyes)

fishing line
(archaic) line
Synonym: línia

Further reading

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

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