arẽa

Etymology
, possibly from.

Noun

 * 1) sand
 * en un batél a gran pẽa, ca viron a nave chẽa d’ agua vólta con arẽa e aquel pan todo mollar - in a small boat, at a great peril, they saw the ship full of water turned with sand, and that bread all soaked (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 112)