sortija

• sortiia (alternative spelling)

From Late Latin *sorticula (“a small lot, table or ticket”), from Latin sors (“chances, lot”).

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈtiʒa/

sortija f (plural sortijas)

1. ring, earring
   • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 7r.

     […] E q́ero q́tu aẏas poder. ſobre todo quáto ẏoe. eſea ſos tu mano. priſo pharaon la ſortija. de oro q auie en ſu mano ¬ diola a iosep.

     “[…] And I want you to have power over all that I have, and that it be under your command.” [And] Pharaoh took the gold ring from his hand and gave it to Joseph.

   • Idem, f. 20r.

     Derrópieró todo el pueblo las ſortijas del oro q́ tenié en ſus oreias. &' aduxieró las aaron ¬ priſolas en su mano. ¬ metiolas en la forma. E ſalio vezerro forjada.

     All the people broke the rings of gold they wore on their ears, and they gave them to Aaron, and he took them in his hand and cast them into the mold, and out came a forged calf.

• Spanish: sortija

From Old Spanish sortija, from Late Latin *sorticula (“a small lot, table or ticket”), from Latin sors (“chances, lot”).

• IPA^(key): /soɾˈtixa/ [soɾˈt̪i.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: sor‧ti‧ja

sortija f (plural sortijas)

1. ring (round piece worn around the finger)

   Synonym: anillo

2. a Spanish guessing game
3. (Argentina) a game played by gauchos where they try to catch a suspended ring while galloping on horseback

• “sortija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014