choia

Galician

choia

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French choe (“chough”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *kahwō (“jackdaw, crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔja̝/

Noun

choia f (plural choias)

chough
- 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:
  Cregos, frades, pegas e choyas, do a demo tas quatro joyas (proverb)
  Priests, friars, magpies and choughs, I send to hell these four jewels

References

“choia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“choia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“choia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. chova.

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