ameixa

Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈmejʃa̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin damascēna n pl (“Damascene plums”).

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 and Spanish almeja.

Ameixas

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. clam

References
  • “ameixa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “ameyxe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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.

Portuguese
ameixas

Etymology

From Latin *damascĭna-, by damascēna, from damascenus (“of or pertaining to Damascus”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. plum (fruit)
  • ameixal
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