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veine

veine

See also: veiné

French

Noun

veine f (plural veines)

  1. (anatomy) vein
  2. (geology) vein, seam
  3. (informal) luck

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Descendants

  • Vietnamese: ven

Norman

Etymology

From Old French veine, from Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f (plural veines)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) vein

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vēna.

Noun

veine f (oblique plural veines, nominative singular veine, nominative plural veines)

  1. (anatomy) vein

Descendants


Wogeo

Noun

veine

  1. woman

References

  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976): PAN *binay, *babinay woman: the longer forms coming into PN as wahine, is present in Manus as *pihin, "bihin, and in Wogeo as veine, [...]
  • Herbert Ian Hogbin, The Leaders and the Led: Social Control in Wogeo, New Guinea (1978)