"gingiva" meaning in Latin

See gingiva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa] [Classical-Latin], [d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.va] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. * Possibly 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”)). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|title=gingīva}}, {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">De Vaan, Michiel (<span class="None" lang="und">2008), “gingīva”, in <cite>Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages</cite> (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 262</span></span>}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ǵyewh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-, {{cog|en|chew}} English chew, {{cog|txb|śuwaṃ||eat}} Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“eat”), {{cog|pl|żuję||I chew}} Polish żuję (“I chew”), {{cog|fa|جویدن|tr=javidan}} Persian جویدن (javidan), {{cog|ps|ژول|4=to bite, gnaw|tr=žovạl}} Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”) Head templates: {{la-noun|gingīva<1>}} gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gingīva<1>}} Forms: gingīva [canonical, feminine], gingīvae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gingīva [nominative, singular], gingīvae [nominative, plural], gingīvae [genitive, singular], gingīvārum [genitive, plural], gingīvae [dative, singular], gingīvīs [dative, plural], gingīvam [accusative, singular], gingīvās [accusative, plural], gingīvā [ablative, singular], gingīvīs [ablative, plural], gingīva [singular, vocative], gingīvae [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set) Tags: declension-1
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      "form": "gingīvae",
      "links": [
        [
          "gingīvae",
          "gingivae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gingīva<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gingīva<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gum (in which the teeth are set)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "gum",
          "gum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.va]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gingiva"
}

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