mortalha

Meaning

1. (feminine) related to posthumous practices
2. (feminine) related to posthumous practices
3. (feminine) related to posthumous practices
4. (feminine) related to posthumous practices
5. (feminine) clothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions
6. (feminine, informal) cigarette paper
7. (feminine) a white sign on the forehead of some horses

Concepts

shroud

cerement

pall

winding-sheet

burial cloth

winding-clothes

Synonyms

sudário

Sudário

Translations

Leichentuch

linceul

suaire

mortaja

lijkwade

sudario

kefen

Totenhemd

σάβανο

kefen

sudario

كفن

lençòl

mortalla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/moʁˈta.ʎɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: mortālia

Cognate with Spanish: mortaja

In summary

Inherited from Latin mortālia, mortuālia (“mourning weeds”). Cognate of Spanish mortaja.