regueifa
Galician edit
Etymology edit
12th century in Latin documents. From Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif), plural of رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese regueifa and Spanish regaifa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
regueifa m (plural regueifas)
- traditional wedding cake
- improvisation contest (initially held for gaining the cake)
- (dated) large loaf of wheat bread
- 1389, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 408:
- cada dia de natal darnos edes huna boa regueyfa de trigo et duas boas galynas
- each Christmas day you'll give to us a good loaf of wheat and two good hens
- cada dia de natal darnos edes huna boa regueyfa de trigo et duas boas galynas
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- Christobo:
Eu cortarey o molete.
Cathalina:
Tomà vos essa rigeyfa,
porque tamen e pantrigo.- Christobo:
"I'll cut the muffin"
Cathalina:
"Take that loaf,
because it is also wheat bread"
- Christobo:
- 1389, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 408:
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “regueifa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “regueifa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “regueifa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “regueifa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “regaifa”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Galician regueifa and Spanish regaifa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: re‧guei‧fa
Noun edit
regueifa f (plural regueifas)