tiniella
Old Spanish
editAlternative forms
edit- tinyella (alternative spelling)
Etymology
editFrom tina (“container, jar”) + -iella.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittiniella f (plural tiniellas)
- vessel, earthenware jar
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 38r:
- E dixo ella biua el ſẽnor dios q no e pan ſi nõ un poco de farina en la tinẏella. E un poco de olẏo ẽna olẏera e q̃ero coger .ij. lẽnos e fer lo e pora mi q̃ comamos ⁊ nõ muramos
- And she said, “As the Lord God lives, I have no bread, but only some flour in a jar and a little oil in an oil jug. And I want to gather a couple of logs and make it for myself, that we may eat it and die”.