estaferia

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms

• sestaferia

Etymology

Compare Spanish sextaferia, from sexta feria, "Friday".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es.ta.ˈfe.ɾja/

Noun

estaferia f (plural estaferies)

1. community service for the reparation of roads
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 39:

     Les feches nes que se facíen les estaferies nos pueblos nun yeren arbitraries, […]

     The dates during which the estaferias were conducted in the villages weren’t arbitrary, […]