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saasty

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Yola

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Etymology

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Derived from Irish sásta + -y.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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saasty

  1. siesta[2]
    Synonyms: enteete, nonteet
    • 1987, The Manuscript of Jacob Poole's Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy:
      SAASTY
      Siesta

References

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  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160
  2. ^ T. P. Dolan (1987) Eighteenth-Century lreland / lris an dá chultúr Vol. 2, Eighteenth-Century lreland Society, page 207