sobrecella

Galician

Alternative forms
  • sobrancella, sobrencella, sobreceña

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300 (sobreçella). From a variant of Old Galician-Portuguese sobrencelha (without the nasal infix), from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [soβɾeˈθeʎɐ], (western) [soβɾeˈseʎɐ]
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Noun

sobrecella f (plural sobrecellas)

  1. eyebrow
    Synonym: cella

References
  • “sobreçella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “sobreçella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “sobrecella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “sobrecella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “sobrecella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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