kavesa

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • cabeça (obsolete), cavesa, caveza, kaveza

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from capitium, from Latin caput. Cognate with Spanish cabeza.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kavesa f (Hebrew spelling קאב׳יסה)[1]

  1. (countable) head (the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs) [16th c.]
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar[1], page 119:
      Alberto kontinuó a menear la kavesa en sinyo de dezaprovasión, sospirando: "A, komo se puede ser ansí!…"
      Albert kept shaking his head as a sign of disapproval, sighing, ‘Ugh, how can it be like this…!’

References

  1. ^ kavesa”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim