aljava
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَعْبَة (jaʕba).
Noun
*aljava f (plural aljavas)
- (hapax legomenon) quiver (arrow container)
- Synonym: carcaix
- 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana , translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 44v:
- Et leuauã todos seus arcos tendudos et aljauas ben cheas de saetas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Only attested in the plural.
Descendants
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aljaua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aljaua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Aljava
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljava, borrowed from Arabic جَعْبَة (jaʕba). Cognate with Galician alxaba.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧ja‧va
Noun
aljava f (plural aljavas)
Further reading
aljava on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
