ameixa

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmejʃa̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (“Damascene plums”), with a loss of initial 'd'.

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.

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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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐjʃɐ/

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. plum (fruit)

Related terms

• ameixal

• ameixeira