regueifa

12th century in Latin documents. From Arabic رَغَائِف (raḡāʔif), plural of رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”).[1] Cognate with Portuguese regueifa and Spanish regaifa.

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣejfa̝/

regueifa m (plural regueifas)

1. traditional wedding cake
2. improvisation contest (initially held for gaining the cake)
3. (dated) large loaf of wheat bread
   • 1389, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 408:

     cada dia de natal darnos edes huna boa regueyfa de trigo et duas boas galynas

     each Christmas day you'll give to us a good loaf of wheat and two good hens

   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Christobo:
     Eu cortarey o molete.
     Cathalina:
     Tomà vos essa rigeyfa,
     porque tamen e pantrigo.

     Christobo:
     "I'll cut the muffin"
     Cathalina:
     "Take that loaf,
     because it is also wheat bread"

• regueifeiro

• “regueifa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “regueifa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “regueifa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “regueifa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic رَغِيفَة (raḡīfa, “loaf”), colloquial variant of رَغِيف (raḡīf, “loaf”). Cognate with Galician regueifa and Spanish regaifa.

• Hyphenation: re‧guei‧fa

regueifa f (plural regueifas)

1. a pastry of fine flour, kolach