sequera

Catalan

Noun

sequera f (plural sequeres)

1. drought

Galician

Alternative forms

• siquera, xiquera

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sequer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from se +‎ quer. Compare Portuguese sequer and Spanish siquiera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈkɛɾɐ]

Adverb

sequera

1. even

   Non houbo un mes de verán sequera ― There was not even a summery month

2. at least
   • c. 1771, anonymous, Rosario Álvarez, Ernesto González, editors, Décima xiringatoria‎^[1]:

     Endemal! non falás rouco,
     mais eu à tanto desfacho,
     (como dixo ô ôutro) a macho
     que hè lerdo, arrieiro louco.
     Por moito que eu malle, hè pouco;
     que a quen do principio aò cabo,
     sin fazer caso do crabo,
     tàs peras tira meu frade,
     conven (xiquera à semade)
     que lle zorreguen ô rabo.

     Alas! you don't speak rough,
     but I, to such impertinence,
     as they say, to dumb mule,
     mad muleteer.
     No matter how much I strike, is not enough;
     because to whom, beginning to end,
     not paying attention to the nail,
     your pears drop, my friar,
     it is advisable (at least briefly)
     that they whip their tail

References

• “sequer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sequer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sequera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sequera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sequera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Verb

sequera

1. future of sequer