geniva

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

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Noun[edit]

geniva f (plural genives)

  1. gum (flesh around the teeth)

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