sartego

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *sarcovagum, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saɾˈtɛɣʊ]

Noun

sartego m (plural sartegos)

  1. ancient stone coffin or sepulcher
    • 1383, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, VI, page 157:
      que edificara a dita Capela con quatro Sartegos para Sepultura
      he had build the aforementioned chapel with four sepulchers for burying
  2. subterranean chamber of a water mill, where the water moves the turbine

Adjective

sartego (feminine sartega, masculine plural sartegos, feminine plural sartegas)

  1. stony; abounding in stones

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sarteneja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos