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pestana

See also: Pestana and pestaña

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana (independently attested in both corpora), of uncertain origin: probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *pĭstannā.[1] Cognate with Portuguese pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

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Noun edit

pestana f (plural pestanas)

  1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
    Synonym: perfeba

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References edit

  • “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “pestana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pestana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pestana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pestaña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese edit

 
Pestanas

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian and Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Noun edit

pestana f (plural pestanas)

  1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
    Synonyms: celho, cílio
  2. nap (short period of sleep)
    Synonyms: cochilo, sesta, soneca
  3. (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
  4. (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)

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