cuxo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, a genitive of quī (“which”) which had been used adjectivally since at least the time of Plautus. cp. Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), both from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuʃʊ]

Pronoun

cuxo m (feminine cuxa, masculine plural cuxos, feminine plural cuxas)

1. whose

Etymology 2

Unknown.

cuxo

cuxo

Alternative forms

• cucho, tuxo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuʃʊ]

Noun

cuxo m (plural cuxos, feminine cuxa, feminine plural cuxas)

1. calf

   Synonyms: becerro, pucho, xato

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cujo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cujo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “cuxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cuxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cuxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.