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