pasal

Cahuilla

Noun

pásal

1. An annual native sage with nutritious seeds, chia,

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Galician

pasais across the river Ulla

Etymology

From Old Galician passal, from local Medieval Latin passalis (“step”), from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈsal/, (dialectal) /paˈsaʊ̯/

Noun

pasal m (plural pasais)

1. (archaic) step
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 637:

     Et seyo el rrey do campo et mandou aredar a gente de redor do cãpo sete passaes.

     And the king got away from the field, and ordered the people to draw back seven steps from the field

2. one of several stones placed in a river by way of a bridge

   Synonyms: pasada, piar, poldra

3. step, stair

Related terms

• paso
• pasar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “passaes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “pasal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.