maseira

Galician

Alternative forms

• maxeira, meseira

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese masseyra: synchronically masa (“dough”) +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈsejɾa̝/

Noun

maseira f (plural maseiras)

1. trough
   • 1414, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 105:

     Iten, mando mays aa dita iglesia de Sant Pedro a miña caldeira e as gramalleiras e mesas e maseiras que teño eno forno de Millmanda

     Item, I also bequeath to that church of Saint Peter my cauldron and the trammel and the tables and the troughs I have in the bakery of Milmanda

   Synonyms: artesa, baño

2. kneading trough

   Synonym: artesa

3. manger

   Synonyms: bacía, baño, barquela

References

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