See also: växa

Galician edit

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Etymology edit

Apparently from Latin *vagina, from vagīna. Doublet of vaíña. Compare also Portuguese vagem.

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vaxa f (plural vaxas)

  1. pod (a seed case for legumes)
    Synonyms: cornello, vaíña

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Icelandic edit

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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb edit

vaxa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óx, third-person plural past indicative uxu, supine vaxið)

  1. to grow
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Etymology 2 edit

From the noun vax (wax).

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vaxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaxaði, supine vaxað)

  1. to wax (apply wax to)
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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase, enlarge).

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vaxa (singular past indicative óx, plural past indicative óxu, past participle vaxinn)

  1. to grow, increase

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: vaxa
  • Faroese: vaksa, veksa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veksa, vekse
  • Helsingian: väksa (class 3)
  • Old Swedish: vaxa, væxa
  • Old Danish: waxæ
  • Gutnish: vaksa

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  • vaxa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Verb edit

vaxa (present vaxar, preterite vaxade, supine vaxat, imperative vaxa)

  1. to wax, to apply wax to something, usually to make the surface shiny
  2. to wax, to remove hair by applying wax

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