pestana
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin: probably from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "qfa-sub-ibe" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. *pĭstannā.[1] Cognate with Portuguese pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.
Pronunciation
Noun
pestana f (plural pestanas)
- eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pestana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- “pestana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pes.ˈtɐ.na/, /pes.ˈtɐ.nɐ/, /peʃ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "PT" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɨʃ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
- Homophone: Pestana
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃na
Noun
pestana f (plural s)
- eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
- nap (short period of sleep)
- (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
- (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- pestaninha (diminutive)
- queimar as pestanas
- João Pestana
Related terms
Categories:
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- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃na
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Musical instruments
- pt:Music
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