cĩisa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia, from Latin cinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sĩ.ˈi.za/

Noun

cĩisa f

1. ash, ashes
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 95 (facsimile):

     Aquel ſantome […] nunca carne comia nen pan nen bocado / ſe non q[ua]ndo con cĩjſa Era Meſturado

     That holy man […] never ate a mouthful of meat nor bread / except when it was mixed with ashes

Descendants

• Galician: cinza, cinsa
• Portuguese: cinza