cirigaita

Galician

Alternative forms

  • xirigaita

Etymology

From Old French eschirgaite (patrol; skirmish), from Frankish *skarawahta, from *skara (troop) (from Proto-Germanic *skarō (portion, share)) + *wahta (watch, guard).[1] Doublet of zaragata. Cognate with German Scharwache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiɾiˈɡajta̝/, (western) /siɾiˈɡajta̝/

Noun

cirigaita f (plural cirigaitas)

  1. racket, din
    • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Mingotiña, si está alá:
      Mingotiña, si està alà
      nà tua man ô Pandeiro,
      fais de conta, que ô punteiro,
      è ò fol da gaita està acà:
      à foliada andarà,
      mais con esa girigaita
      non magines, que se engaita
      ô mundo, que è gran fistol,
      è vè, què te ris do fol
      para donde ronca â Gaita.
      Mingotiña, if the tambourine
      is there with you,
      take into account that the chanter
      and the bag of the bagpipe are here:
      the parade will walk,
      but with this racket
      don't imagine that the world,
      who is a great swindler, is tricked,
      and see, you laugh at the bag
      at the direction the bagpipe is roaring.
  2. skinny person

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “zalagarda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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