testa
Sicilian
/t̪ʲɛs(ʃ)ta/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) head
- intelligent person
- intelligence
Etymology
Inherited from Latin testa (pot, brick, jug, tile, pitcher, earthen pot, urn, an earthen pot, sherd, shellfish).
Origin
Latin
testa
Gloss
pot, brick, jug, tile, pitcher, earthen pot, urn, an earthen pot, sherd, shellfish
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鍋
Emoji
🍯 🍲 🫕 🫖
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- testa English
- testa Latin
- testaceus Latin
- testatim Latin
- testeus Latin
- testa Italian
- *tₔtḱ-t- Proto-Indo-European
- رَأْس Arabic
- test Old French
- teste Old French
- țeastă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- testa Old Portuguese
- ras Maltese
- testa Romansh
- tiesta Asturian
- teste Friulian
- testa Old Occitan
- tésta Ligurian
- tiesta Istriot
- tiesta Leonese