poxigo

Galician

Porta falsa ou do Porta do postigo, Ribadavia

Alternative forms

• pexigo, postigo, puxigo

Etymology

Attested as pooxigo in 1473. From an Old Galician-Portuguese *poschigo, from the attested postigo, postigoo, from Latin postīcum (“back-door”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈʃiɣʊ]

Noun

poxigo m (plural poxigos)

1. upper half of an articulated door
2. cat flap
3. (historical) minor gate in a city wall

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “postigoo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “postigo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pooxigo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “poxigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “poxigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “poxigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “postigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.