ameixa

Fala

Alternative forms

• amexia (Mañegu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) (“Damascene plums”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmei̯ʃa/

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. (Mañegu) plum (fruit)

   Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ciruela (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Derived terms

• amexeira (“plum tree”)

 

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmejʃa̝/

Etymology 1

From 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'. Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. plum (fruit)

   Synonyms: abruño, cirola, fatón

Derived terms

• Ameixedo
• ameixeira
• Ameixeira
• Ameixeiras
• Ameixenda
• Ameixida
• Ameixide
• Ameixido

Etymology 2

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.

Ameixas

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. clam

References

• “ameixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ameyxe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ameixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ameixa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ameixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

ameixas

Etymology

From 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃa/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈme.ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mei‧xa

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. plum (fruit)

Related terms

• ameixal
• ameixeira