gingiva

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gingiva (“gums”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvə/, /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒaɪvə/ Rhymes: -aɪvə === Noun === gingiva (plural gingivae) (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“eat”), Polish żuję (“I chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.va] === Noun === gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension (anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “gingiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gingiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gingiva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.