ameixa

Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈmejʃa̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (“Damascene plums”), with a loss of initial 'd'.[1] Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruño, cirola, fatón
Derived terms
  • Ameixedo
  • ameixeira
  • Ameixeira
  • Ameixeiras
  • Ameixenda
  • Ameixida
  • Ameixide
  • Ameixido

Etymology 2

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.[2]

Ameixas

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. clam

References
  • “ameixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ameyxe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ameixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ameixa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ameixa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “damasco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “almeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese
ameixas

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈme(j).ʃa/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃa]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈme.ʃɐ/

  • Hyphenation: a‧mei‧xa

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. plum (fruit)
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