bolssa
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin, Late Latin bursa (“purse, hide”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “skin stripped off a hide”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bolssa f (plural bolssas)
- a small bag or purse
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 225 (facsimile):
- A Tan toſte que Saẏda foi.o Crerigo fillou a ⁊ fez logo dela poos ⁊ en ſa bolſſa guardo a
- As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it and stored it in his purse.
- A Tan toſte que Saẏda foi.o Crerigo fillou a ⁊ fez logo dela poos ⁊ en ſa bolſſa guardo a