ameixa
Fala
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) (“Damascene plums”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editameixa f (plural ameixas)
Derived terms
edit- amexeira (“plum tree”)
References
editGalician
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (“Damascene plums”), with a loss of initial 'd'.[1] Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.
Noun
editameixa f (plural ameixas)
Alternative forms
edit- ameixola (Galician-Asturian)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editUnknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.[2]
Noun
editameixa f (plural ameixas)
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ameyxe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ameixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ameixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “damasco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “almeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editameixa f (plural ameixas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ameixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “ameixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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- Rhymes:Fala/ei̯ʃa
- Rhymes:Fala/ei̯ʃa/3 syllables
- Fala lemmas
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- Mañegu Fala
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- Rhymes:Galician/ejʃa
- Rhymes:Galician/ejʃa/3 syllables
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- gl:Fruits
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʃɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʃɐ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejʃɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ejʃɐ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjʃɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjʃɐ/3 syllables
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- pt:Botany
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- pt:Fruits