aseitar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese asseitar, from Latin assectārī, present active infinitive of assector (“I follow”). Cognate with Portuguese asseitar and Spanish acechar.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- to lurk; to spy on; to stalk
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 90:
- Et a coobra estouo queda, et aseyto a pasariña, et aspero a, et abreu a boca hũ pouco.
- And the snake stood still, and spied on the bird, and waited for it, and opened his mouth just a bit
- Et a coobra estouo queda, et aseyto a pasariña, et aspero a, et abreu a boca hũ pouco.
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 90:
Conjugation
References
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- “aseitar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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