cinsa

Galician

Alternative forms

• cinza, ciza

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa, from Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈθinsa/ [ˈθin.s̺ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈθinsa/ [ˈθin.s̺ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈsinsa/ [ˈsin.sɐ]

• Rhymes: -insa

Noun

cinsa f (plural cinsas)

1. ash, ashes

   Synonyms: borralla, borrallo

2. ashes, cremated remains
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 679:

     Desí collerõ a çĩjnsa del, et guardárõna muy bem et moyto honrradament en hũa caseta d'ouro muy rrica et moy noble que acharã ẽno tesouro del rrey Príamo.

     Then they took their ashes and put them very well and very honourably in a very rich and noble little house of gold that they had found in king Priam's treasury

Derived terms

• cinseiro

References

• “cinsa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “cinsa”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ciinsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “jnsa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cinsa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cinsa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cinza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN