requa
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic رَكْبَة (rakba), from Arabic رَكَبَة (rakaba), plural of رَاكِب (rākib, “rider”), from رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɾe.kwa]
Noun
requa f (plural requas)
- a drove or caravan of pack animals
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
- Cataró ¬ vieró vna requa de paganos de los de ẏſmael. E vinien de galaat có ſos camellos cargados de mercaduras e ẏuá a egipto
- They looked up and saw a pagan caravan, of those of Ishmael. And they were coming from Gilead with their camels loaded with goods, and they were headed to Egypt.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
Descendants
- Spanish: recua