alfaia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese alfaia.
Noun edit
alfaia (plural alfaias)
- A Brazilian drum with a membrane made of animal skin.
- 2015 August 3, Ben Ratliff, “Review: Nação Zumbi Returns to Central Park SummerStage”, in New York Times[1]:
- And there was the band’s centerpiece and glory, the interlocking rhythm of a trap-set drummer, a percussionist, and three standing drummers playing the alfaia, the large wooden drum from the African-derived, northeastern Brazilian song-and-dance tradition of maracatu.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic حَاجَة (ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”) or حِلْيَة (ḥilya, “ornament”). Cognate with Portuguese alfaia and Spanish alhaja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alfaia f (plural alfaias)
- jewel
- Synonym: xoia
- worth
- Synonym: valor
- vessel
- 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 51:
- prefeas et alfayas de casa
- vessels and other needed things of the home
- Synonym: perfia
- 1433, Á. Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 51:
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References edit
- “alfaya” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “alfaya” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alfaia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “alfaia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “alfaia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic الْحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “utensil”).
Noun edit
alfaia f (plural alfaias)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”).[1] Compare Galician alfaia and Spanish alhaja.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a
Noun edit
alfaia f (plural alfaias)
- utensil
- Synonyms: utensílio, instrumento, ferramenta, aparato
- ornament
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “alfaia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.