xesta

Galician

xesta

Etymology

From Galician-Portuguese geesta, from Latin genesta (“broom”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛsta̝/

Noun

xesta f (plural xestas)

  1. broom (Cytisus scoparius)
    • 1408, José Luis Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 318:
      que façades a dicta metade da dicta casa de pedra e de madeyra e de giestas e de colmo
      you should build that half house with stone and wood and brooms and thatch
  2. broom (tool)

Derived terms

  • xesteira
  • xestal
  • xestoso

References

  • “giest” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “geest” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “xesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “xesta” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “xesta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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