devesa

See also: devêsa

Galician

FWOTD – 22 October 2013

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (“defended land”). Cognate with Portuguese devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.ˈβe.sa̝/

Noun

devesa f (plural devesas)

a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed[1]
- 1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:
  Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos
  Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small
- 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58–60, page 303:
  Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.
  He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

Derived terms

Devesa
Devesas
Devesos
Vilardevesa

References

“deuesa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“devesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“devesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“devesa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

“devesa”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

devêsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese devesa, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (“defended land”).

Cognate with Galician devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈve.zɐ/
Hyphenation: de‧ve‧sa

Noun

devesa f (plural devesas)

enclosure
pasture
grove or plantation of chestnut trees or oaks

Related terms

defesa

[1] “devesa”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.

单词	devesa
释义	devesa See also: devêsa Galician FWOTD – 22 October 2013 Etymology From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (“defended land”). Cognate with Portuguese devesa and Spanish dehesa. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /de.ˈβe.sa̝/ Noun devesa f (plural devesas) a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed[1] 1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328: Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa* acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos* Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58–60, page 303: Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos. He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies. Derived terms Devesa Devesas Devesos Vilardevesa References “deuesa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. “devesa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013. “devesa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG. “devesa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. “devesa”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega. Portuguese Alternative forms devêsa (obsolete) Etymology From Old Portuguese devesa, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (“defended land”). Cognate with Galician devesa and Spanish dehesa. Pronunciation (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈve.zɐ/ Hyphenation: de‧ve‧sa Noun devesa f (plural devesas) enclosure pasture grove or plantation of chestnut trees or oaks Related terms defesa
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