sartego

Galician

Sartego (Medieval tombstone of Modesa)
Sartego, museo de Lugo

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *sarcovagum, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saɾˈtɛɣʊ]

Noun

sartego m (plural sartegos)

  1. ancient stone coffin or sepulcher
    • 1383, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, VI, page 157:
      que edificara a dita Capela con quatro Sartegos para Sepultura
      he had build the aforementioned chapel with four sepulchers for burying
  2. subterranean chamber of a water mill, where the water moves the turbine

Adjective

sartego (feminine sartega, masculine plural sartegos, feminine plural sartegas)

  1. stony; abounding in stones

References

  • sartego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • sartevagus” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • sartego” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • sartego” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • sartego” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “sarteneja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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