devasa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galicia and Old Galician-Portuguese devasso (“desert”), perhaps from a Celtic cognate of Latin devastare (compare Irish fás and fásach, "waste, desert") ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de + *weh₂st- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Portuguese devassa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈβasa̝/

Noun

devasa m (plural devasas)

1. firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)

   Synonym: cortalumes

2. (computing) firewall

   Synonym: cortalumes

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “devasso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “devasso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “devasa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “debazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “devasa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “devasa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.