Noun: vayna
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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Dolones. son tablas puestas enla vayna do se esconde el puñal o la espada so semeiança de cayado. (Dolones: pieces of wood placed on the sheath where you hide a knife or sword, looking like a crook [a shepherd's staff]) [1490, Alfonso de Palencia, Universal vocabulario en latín y en romance]
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El príncipe se levantó, rriendo; dyxo: "Cavallero, no sé con qué ny quándo pueda pagaros el alegrya que m'avés dado en querer que yo sea su padryno." Tomando el espada, el señor Rroger llegó con él y mucho myravan la hechura y rriqueza del espada. Sacada de la vayna, tomada por la punta la dyo al rrey y aunque hera harto luenga y ancha no parescya al rrey que tenya nada en la mano. (The prince stood up, laughing, and said, "O knight, I don't know how I could return the joy that you have given me, as you ask me to be his godfather." Taking up the sword, lord Roger approached him, and they all greatly admired the make and preciousness of the sword. After taking the sword out of its sheath, he gave it to the king by the tilt, and even though it was so long and broad, it didn't seem to the king like he had anything on his hand [the sword was light].) [1492, anonymous, La corónica de Adramón]
Nouns inflected like vayna
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wāgīnā
3. Latin vāgīna
4. Old Spanish vayna
5. Inherited from Latin vāgīna. See: Latin Nouns '
vāgīna', Latin Nouns '
vāgīna'.
Verbs referencing "vayna"
Spanish Nouns
vaina.
Translations