choia
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French choe (“chough”),[1] from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
choia f (plural choias)
- chough
- 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:
- Cregos, frades, pegas e choyas, do a demo tas quatro joyas (proverb)
- Priests, friars, magpies and choughs, I send to hell these four jewels
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chova”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “choia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “choia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “choia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
choia