estaferia

Asturian

FWOTD – 14 April 2013

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Spanish sextaferia, from sexta feria, "Friday".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /estaˈfeɾja/ [es̪.t̪aˈfe.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: es‧ta‧fe‧ria

Noun

estaferia f (plural estaferies)

  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), “estaferia”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “estaferia”, 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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