séquia

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === síquia === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞.ki.ə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈse.ki.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈse.ki.a] === Noun === séquia f (plural séquies) irrigation canal === Further reading === “séquia”, 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 “séquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “séquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sèquia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)