mortaja

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin mortualia.

Noun

mortaja f (Latin spelling, plural mortajas)

shroud (dress for the dead)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin mortualia. Cognate to Portuguese mortalha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moɾˈtaxa/ [moɾˈt̪a.xa]
Rhymes: -axa
Syllabification: mor‧ta‧ja

Noun

mortaja f (plural mortajas)

shroud (dress for the dead)

Derived terms

amortajar

Further reading

“mortaja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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