cenisa

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Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (cold ashes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeˈnisa/
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Syllabification: ce‧ni‧sa

Noun

cenisa f

  1. ash, cinder

Further reading

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from Latin cinis (cold ashes).

Pronunciation

Noun

cenisa f (plural cenisas)

  1. 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.

Descendants

  • Spanish: ceniza