regueifa

Galician

Etymology

12th century in Latin documents. Probably from Arabic [Term?] (stone slab).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈɣejfa̝/

Noun

regueifa m (plural regueifas)

  1. traditional wedding cake
  2. improvisation contest (initally held for gaining the cake)

Derived terms

  • regueifeiro

References

  1. Corriente, Federico (2008), “regaifa”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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