teixugueira

Galician

Alternative forms

• tanxugueira, tenxugueira

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese teysugeyra (attested since the 13th century). By surface analysis, teixugo (“badger”) +‎ -eira. Cognate with Portuguese texugueira.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tejʃuˈɡejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈɣ̞ej.ɾɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /tejʃuˈɡejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈɣ̞ej.ɾɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /tejʃuˈħejɾa/ [t̪ej.ʃuˈħej.ɾɐ]

• Rhymes: -ejɾa

Noun

teixugueira f (plural teixugueiras)

1. sett, badger den

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teysugeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teixugueira”, 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), “teixugueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teixugueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN