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seixo

Galician edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

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Noun edit

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble
    Synonyms: callao, croio
  2. quartz
    Synonym: cuarzo

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References edit

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

Portuguese edit

 
seixos

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃo/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃo]
 

Noun edit

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble (small stone)
    Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
  2. (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

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