collecha

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • coeta (Pravia)
  • colleta (Western Asturias)
  • colieta (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Leonese collecha, collecta from Latin collēcta, collēctus (gathered), from colligō (I gather, collect). Compare Spanish cosecha, Portuguese colheita, Catalan collita, Occitan culhida, French cueillette. Cf. also the borrowed doublet coleuta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈʎet͡ʃa/ [koˈʎe.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -etʃa
  • Syllabification: co‧lle‧cha

Noun

collecha f (plural colleches)

  1. harvest

Further reading

  • collecha”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “collecha”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin collēcta.

Noun

collecha f

  1. harvest
    • 1255, "Préstamo del monasterio de San Vicente de Oviedo" in "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes":
      E dar al nuestro obedencial de la enfermeria derechamente cada anno el dezmo de quanta collecta vos ende ovierdes
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1275, "Piece of a testament"[1]:
      esto hye de la collecha dela Era /sont duas collechas / de ambas las collechas / de ambas las collechas suman 520
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Asturian: collecha, colleta
  • Leonese: collecha, colleita
  • Mirandese: colheita