Jump to content

sarpa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Daur

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

sarpa

  1. chopsticks

Descendants

[edit]
  • Solon: sarpa

References

[edit]
  • Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

Javanese

[edit]

Romanization

[edit]

sarpa

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦂꦥ

Latin

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Seemingly from sarpō (to prune) +‎ -a. Compare French serpe.

Noun

[edit]

sarpa f (genitive sarpae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) some agricultural tool, such as a pruning-hook, mattock[1] or hoe
    Synonym: sarculum
    • c. 1385, John of Fordun, Chronica Gentis Scotorum, volume 3:
      Obtinentes autem quae cis citraque murum sunt regiones, inhabitare coeperunt victores; ac citato repente rurali vulgo, cum suis sarpis quilibet et ligonibus, rastris, tridentibus et fossoriis, patulas in eo rimas foraminaque crebra perfodiunt; quibus ubique promptum habeant aditum etiam et recessum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sarpa sarpae
genitive sarpae sarpārum
dative sarpae sarpīs
accusative sarpam sarpās
ablative sarpā sarpīs
vocative sarpa sarpae

Etymology 2

[edit]

Possibly connected to Greek ἅρπη (hárpē).[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

sarpa f (genitive sarpae); first declension

  1. (hapax) heron
    Synonym: ardea
Usage notes
[edit]

Mentioned in some manuscripts of Servius's commentary on the Georgics, 1, 364 as a synonym of ardea. Some instead read "sarapam" in this context.

Declension
[edit]

First-declension noun.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sarpa”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “sarpa”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[2] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 595

Further reading

[edit]
  • "sarpa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sarpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Solon

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Daur sarpa (chopsticks).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

sarpa

  1. chopsticks

References

[edit]
  • Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.