saasty

Yola

Etymology

Derived from Irish sásta + -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaːstiː/ (spelled sastee)[1]

Noun

saasty

  1. siesta[2]
    Synonyms: enteete, nonteet
    • 1987, The Manuscript of Jacob Poole's Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy:
      SAASTY
      Siesta

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160
  2. ^ T. P. Dolan (1987) “The Manuscript of Jacob Poole's Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in Eighteenth-Century lreland / lris an dá chultúr[2], volume 2, Eighteenth-Century lreland Society, page 207