causela

== Galician == === Alternative forms === cousela === Etymology === 14th century ("cousela"). From Late Latin *capsella (“capsule; little box”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kowˈsela̝/, /kawˈsela̝/ === Noun === causela f (plural causelas) receptacle case, casket (a little box, for jewellery or for keeping the communion wafers) 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 111: Iten que destes vos o dito Gil Peres por hũa cousela para levar as petiçoes a a Reyna, tres moravedis et por çera para seelar as peticões quatro blanquas et por papel para os testimoyos et traslados et petições hũu moravedi Item, that you, the aforementioned Gil Peres, gave, for a box for taking the petitions to the Queen, three moravedis, and for wax for sealing the petitions four brancas, and for paper for the testimonies, and copies, and petitions, a moravedi 1426, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, pp. 79-92: box which takes the cereal from the hopper and drops it over the millstone, regulating the pace ==== Related terms ==== caixa (“box”) couso (“trap; deposit”) requeixo (“cornered place”) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “causela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “causela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “causela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cousela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN