noun · feminine
alvīna
*alvīna f
Meaning
- Proto Balkan Romanceespeciallyreconstructionbee
- Proto Balkan Romanceespeciallyreconstructionbeehive
Origins
From alvus (“hollow; beehive”) + -īna or alveus + -īna. In fact, this is attested (as plural, alternative of alvearia), in Flavius Caper, De verbis dubiis: Alvearia, non alvinae.
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianalbină
- Aromanianalghinã
- Istro-Romanianalbire
- Megleno-Romanianălbină
Italo-Dalmatian
- Venetanalbina