sigla poveira

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 March 2019

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ poˈve(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɡlɐ poˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ poˈve(j).ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɡlɐ poˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡla poˈve(j).ɾa/ [ˈsi.ɡla poˈve(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ pɔˈvɐj.ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ pɔˈvɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ pɔˈvɐj.ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ pɔˈvɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ pɔˈbej.ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ pɔˈβej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ pɔˈvej.ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ pɔˈvej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ɡlɐ pɔˈve.ɾɐ/ [ˈsi.ɣlɐ pɔˈve.ɾɐ]

Noun

sigla poveira f (plural siglas poveiras)

1. a protowriting symbol used in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, to identify families, fishing boats or ownership, as house marks, and for mystical purposes
   • 1987, José Maria Ventura, A busca, Caminho, page 64:

     Todos estes barcos ostentam divisas ou siglas (¹), diferentes, contudo, das siglas poveiras.

     However, all these boats have symbols that are different from the siglas poveiras.