beizo

Galician

Beizos or labios

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese beiço, probably from Celtic. Cognate with Portuguese beiço and Spanish bezo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbejθo̝/, (western) /ˈbejso̝/

Noun

beizo m (plural beizos)

1. lip (of the mouth)

   Synonyms: labio, labre, beco

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 256:

     et tornarõselle os ollos, et aboca, et os beyços, et os ombros, et as mãos, todo fremoso, tal cõmo deuja seer de [dõna] et jnfanta filla de rrey

     and her eyes, and mouth, and lips, and shoulders, and hands turned gorgeous, as they should be of a lady and princess, daughter of a king

2. (derogatory) big lip

Derived terms

• beizoso

Related terms

• beixo

References

• “beiço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “beyço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “beizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “beizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “beizo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.