From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cavea (“cavity”). Compare Portuguese gávea, gaiva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaβja̝/, /ˈɡaβi.a̝/

gabia f (plural gabias)

1. trench, ditch
2. hole for planting a vine

• gabeiro
• Gabia
• gabiar
• Gaiba

• gaiola
• xaula

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gabia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gabia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gabia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN