becaina

== Catalan == === Etymology === From bec (“beak”) +‎ -aina, as if a heavy beak were causing the nods. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəˈkaj.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [beˈkaj.na] === Noun === becaina f (plural becaines) a nod caused by sleepiness Synonym: becada nap, doze Synonym: becada === Further reading === “becaina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “becaina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “becaina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “becaina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)