cinsa
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa, from Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis.
Noun edit
cinsa f (plural cinsas)
- ash, ashes
- ashes, cremated remains
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 679:
- Desí collerõ a çĩjnsa del, et guardárõna muy bem et moyto honrradament en hũa caseta d'ouro muy rrica et moy noble que acharã ẽno tesouro del rrey Príamo.
- Then they took their ashes and put them very well and very honourably in a very rich and noble little house of gold that they had found in king Priam's treasury
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ciinsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “jnsa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cinsa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cinsa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cinza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.