meixengra
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Germanic *maisingaz, from *maisǭ (“titmouse”) + *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Portuguese mejengra, French mésange and Old Norse meisingr (“titmouse”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeixengra f (plural meixengras)
- tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)
- 1955, Alfonso Gayoso, Os fidalgos de Rante, Buenos Aires: Edicións Miño, page 47:
- Mesmo pareces unha meixengra en día de choiva.
- You even look as a titmouse in a rainy day
- bee-eater
References
edit- “meixengra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “meixengra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “meixengra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.