geniva

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ʒəˈni.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʒəˈni.və] IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈni.va] === Noun === geniva f (plural genives) gum (flesh around the teeth) ==== Related terms ==== gingivitis === References === “geniva”, 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 “geniva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “geniva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “geniva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.