Noun: estantiga
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | estantiga |
| Plural f | estantigas |
Sample Sentences
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Non viche Maruxa, nas noites do inverno, andar a estantiga polos matorreiros, a estantiga digo, que chaman os vellos hostea ou compaña que a todos fai medo (Haven't you see, Maruxa, in the winter nights, the Estantiga passing by the woods? the Estantiga, I say, that the old ones call the Host or Company, that scares everyone) [1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 106:]
Nouns inflected like estantiga
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
From hoste (“army”) + antiga (“ancient, old”).
Translations