devesa
See also: devêsa
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (“defended land”). Cognate with Portuguese, Occitan devesa and Spanish dehesa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
devesa f (plural devesas)
- a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed[1]
- 1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:
- Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos
- Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small
- 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:
- Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.
- He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “deuesa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “devesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “devesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “devesa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin defensa. Cognate with Spanish dehesa, Galician devesa, Portuguese devesa.
Noun edit
devesa m (plural devesas)
- a (often fenced or walled in) parcel of land, usually used as a pasture, or for hunting
- a section of uncultivated land
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese devesa, from Late Latin [terra] dēfēnsa (“defended land”).
Cognate with Galician devesa and Spanish dehesa. Doublet of defesa and defensa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧ve‧sa
Noun edit
devesa f (plural devesas)