teixugueira

Galician

Alternative forms

• tanxugueira, tenxugueira

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese teysugeyra (attested since the 13th century). By surface analysis, teixugo (“badger”) +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese texugueira.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tejʃuˈɡejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈɣ̞ej.ɾɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /tejʃuˈɡejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈɣ̞ej.ɾɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /tejʃuˈħejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈħej.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -ejɾa

Noun

teixugueira f (plural teixugueiras)

1. sett, badger den

References

• “teysugeyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “teixugueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “teixugueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “teixugueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.