cẽa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cea"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cea

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sẽ.a/
• Rhymes: -ẽa

Noun

cẽa f (plural cẽas)

1. dinner (evening meal)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 398 (facsimile):

     Ca o dia da gran cẽa […]

     For on the day of the great supper […]

Related terms

• cẽar

Descendants

• Galician: cea
• Portuguese: ceia

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "cẽa ~ cea"