Noun: guisa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | guisa |
| Plural f | guisas |
Sample Sentences
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Boa tĩta se deue faser en esta guisa: Para hũu neto de tĩta, õça e media de agalla (The good ink must be prepared in this wise: for preparing a neto of ink, an ounce and a half of oak gall) [1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 173:]
Nouns inflected like guisa
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
13th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), probably through Vulgar Latin. Cognate with, among others, English wise. See: English Nouns '
wise'.
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