vexiga

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca.

Noun

vexiga f (plural vexigues)

1. bladder

Related terms

• vesícula

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Galician

Alternative forms

• boxiga, buxiga

Etymology

Attested from the 15th century (vixiga). From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese (compare Portuguese bexiga), from Vulgar Latin *vēxīca (compare Spanish vejiga), from Latin vēsīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈʃiɣa̝/, /biˈʃiɣa̝/

Noun

vexiga f (plural vexigas)

1. bladder
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:

     geerase ajnda outra door dentro no corpo do Cauallo que uen de rretimento da vrina et faz jnchar a uixiga

     and yet another pain is produced inside the body of the horse which comes from the retention of the urine, and it makes the bladder to swell

2. gallbladder
3. blister

   Synonyms: ampola, bocha

4. pock
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:

     enton poras fero feruente Redondo na cabeça daquellas huceras ou vixigas que as qeime

     then you put a rounded hot iron on the head of that ulcers or pocks, for burning them

Related terms

• vesícula
• vincha

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ixiga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vexiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vexiga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vexiga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēxīca, from Latin vēsīca.

Noun

vexiga f

1. bladder
   • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     En Gallizia e en Asturias á omnes que son de linage de cavallos, e llámanle en el latín tiellones, que quiere dezir en el lenguage de Castiella fascas omnes que an todas las emfermedades que vienen a los otros omnes si non la dolencia de la vexiga, que escusan por aquella natura mezclada que an de omne e de cavallo.

     In Galicia and Asturias, there are people who are of horse descent, called tiellones in Latin, which in the language of Castile is fascas, people who have all the diseases that afflict other people but bladder pain, which they excuse as due to their mixed nature, being both human and horse.

Descendants

• Spanish: vejiga