aljava

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلجَعْبَة (al-jaʕba, “the quiver”).

Noun

*aljava f (plural aljavas)

1. (hapax) quiver (arrow container)

   Synonym: carcaix

   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 121, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle]‎^[1], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 44v:

     Et leuauã todos seus arcos tendudos et aljauas ben cheas de saetas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Only attested in the plural.

Descendants

• Galician: alxaba
• Portuguese: aljava

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aljaua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aljaua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

aljava

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aljava, borrowed from Arabic جَعْبَة (jaʕba), from ج ع ب (j ʕ b).

Cognate with Galician alxaba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒa.vɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒa.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒa.vɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈʒa.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈʒa.va/ [aʊ̯ˈʒa.va]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒa.vɐ/ [aɫˈʒa.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒa.vɐ/ [aɫˈʒa.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈʒa.bɐ/ [aɫˈʒa.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -avɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ja‧va

Noun

aljava f (plural aljavas)

1. quiver (arrow container)

   Synonyms: carcás, fáretra