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Aragonese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θeˈnisa/
- Rhymes: -isa
- Syllabification: ce‧ni‧sa
Noun
cenisa f
- ash, cinder
Further reading
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cenisa f (plural cenisas)
- ash, cinder
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r:Blanca es de color. pero poco aſſi que tira a color de ceniſa clara.- It is white in color, but a little, so that its color is more like that of light ash.
- Idem, 17v.
[…] quando la queman ⁊ la fazen ceniſa. todas aquellas colores que mostraua ante la piedra todas pareſcen en la ceniſa despues que es quemada.- when they burn it and turn it to ash, all the colors present before in the stone appear in the ashes after it has been burnt.
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