laxa

See also: laxá, läxa, and Laxå

Ayutla Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

Noun

laxa

1. orange (fruit)

References

• Hills O., Roberto, et al. (2004) Diccionario lulu ña̱ sanyaꞌá xiinꞌ nya̱nya̱ = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de Ayutla, Gro.‎^[1] (overall work in Ayutla Mixtec and Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 14

Catalan

Verb

laxa

1. inflection of laxar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chiquihuitlán Mazatec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

Noun

laxa

1. orange (fruit)

Derived terms

• laxa haxi
• laxa limorial
• laxa xuhu

 

References

• Jamieson Capen, Carole (1996) Diccionario mazateco de Chiquihuitlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 34)‎^[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 49

Galician

Laxa or laxe with ancient petroglyphs

Alternative forms

• laixa, las, laxe

Etymology

From the medieval form lagea, previously documented in local Medieval Latin as lagena; from a substrate language; probably from Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”). Compare Welsh llain (“blade, sword, spear”) and Old Irish láige (“mattock, spade; broad spearhead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʃa̝/

Noun

laxa f (plural laxas)

1. flagstone; slab

   Synonyms: lastra, lousa

2. flat outcrop

Derived terms

• Laxa
• Laxas

Descendants

• → Spanish: laja

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lagia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “laja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “laxa”, 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), “laxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “laxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Noun

laxa

1. indefinite accusative plural of lax
2. indefinite genitive plural of lax

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English lax, French laxiste, German lax, Italian lasso, Spanish laxo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaksa/, /ˈlaɡza/

Adjective

laxa

1. lax, loose, slack

Antonyms

• forta

Derived terms

• laxeskar (“to slacken, loosen, relax, unbend”)
• laxesko
• laxeso (“slackness, laxness, looseness”)
• laxigar
• laxigo

 

Latin

Verb

laxā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of laxō

References

• laxa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Norse

Noun

laxa

1. dative plural indefinite of lax m

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɡsa/ [ˈlaɣ̞.sa]
• Rhymes: -aɡsa
• Syllabification: la‧xa

Etymology 1

Adjective

laxa

1. feminine singular of laxo

Etymology 2

Verb

laxa

1. inflection of laxar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative