chosco
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Several etymologies are given:
- uncertainly onomatopoeic[1]
- expressive creation[2]
- from chiscar[3] themselves onomatopoeias
- from Latin clausicare from Latin claudere[4][5][6]
- from *klVsk- "knok; wink".[7]
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
chosco (feminine chosca, masculine plural choscos, feminine plural choscas)
- blind in one eye
- one-eyed
- weak-eyed
- Synonym: pitoño
- (informal) nearsighted
- 1334, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), volume 3, page 148:
- Domingo Iohannis dito Chosco
- Domingo Anes, also known as Chosco
Derived terms edit
- choscar (“to wink, blink”)
- Pedro Chosco (“sandman”)
Related terms edit
- chiscar (“to wink, blink”)
References edit
- “chosco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chosco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chosco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Diccionario Xerais da Lingua 1986:265
- ^ Elixio Rivas Quintas Dicionario Etimolóxico da Lingua Galega 2015:151 s.v. choscar, cf. 2015:149 s.v. chiscar also expressive
- ^ Gran Dicionario Cumio da Lingua Galega 2004:368, chosco from choscar from chiscar, from chisca or chisco (2004:365)
- ^ Gran Dicionario Xerais da Lingua 2009:530, s.v. choscar
- ^ J. Pedro Machado Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, 1952-2003:2:143, s.v. choscar
- ^ C. Michaëlis, apud Corominas, op. cit.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “chusco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 413-414 while speaking about the Spanish paronym.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
chosco
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chosco m (plural choscos)
- a cured sausage from Asturias, made from pig intestines, solomillo and spices
- Synonym: chosco de Tineo