saasty

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish sásta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːsˈtiː/

Noun

saasty

1. siesta

   Synonyms: enteete, nonteet

   • 1987, The Manuscript of Jacob Poole's Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy:

     SAASTY

     Siesta

References

• T. P. Dolan (1987) Eighteenth-Century lreland / lris an dá chultúr Vol. 2, Eighteenth-Century lreland Society, page 207