ciàega

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ciàega f (pl.: ciàeghe)

  1. chiusa di canale, paratoia di canale, cateratta
cià | e | ga

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaeɡa/

Dal latino medievale clavica / claviga, "chiusa" (con funzione idraulica)[1]

  • Lassà zó le ciàeghe (fig., bresciano): scoppiare in lacrime, sciogliersi in pianto
  • Antonio Tiraboschi, Appendici al vocabolario dei dialetti bergamaschi, Bergamo, 1879, p. 57
  • Giovan-Battista Melchiori, Vocabolario bresciano-italiano , pagina 137