sestaferia

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms

  • estaferia
  • sextaferia (archaic spelling)
  • sustiferia (Central Asturias)
  • sastiferia (Parres)
  • sastaferia (Riosa)
  • estaḥeria (Llanes)

Etymology

From sesta feria, "sixth fair" = "Friday", compare Portuguese sexta-feira, Spanish sextaferia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sestaˈfeɾja/ [ses̪.t̪aˈfe.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: ses‧ta‧fe‧ria

Noun

sestaferia f (plural sestaferies)

  1. community service for the reparation of roads
    • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 39:
      Les feches nes que se facíen les estaferies nos pueblos nun yeren arbitraries, […]
      The dates during which the estaferias were conducted in the villages weren’t arbitrary, […]

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “sestaferia”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “sestaferia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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