xema

Galician

Alternative forms

• ema, xemia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gemma. Cognate with Portuguese gema and Spanish yema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃemɐ]

Noun

xema f (plural xemas)

1. (botany) gemma, bud

   Synonyms: broto, gromo, xermolo

2. gem, gemstone

   Synonym: pedra preciosa

3. rock salt

   Synonym: sal xema

4. yolk (of an egg)
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     Demais fazerll’ás beverage das gemas dos ovos e d’açafran e d’olio das violas, todo amasado ensembra con bõo viño branco

     Moreover you'll make him a beverage with egg yolks and saffron and viola oil, everything mixed together with good white wine

5. pulp of the fingertip

   Synonyms: palpexo, papo

6. tail tip

References

• “gema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “gema” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “xema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xema” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xema” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.