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ameixa

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Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) (Damascene plums).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈmei̯ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯ʃa
  • Syllabification: a‧mei‧xa

Noun

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ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. (Mañegu) plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ciruela (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

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References

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (Damascene plums), with a loss of initial 'd'.[1] Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

Noun

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ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. damson
    Synonyms: abruño, fatón
  2. plum
    Synonym: cirola
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Etymology 2

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Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.[2]

Ameixas

Noun

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ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. clam

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “damasco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “almeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

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ameixas

Etymology

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From Old Galician-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 (dameixad'ameixade ameixa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈme(j).ʃa/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃa]
 

Noun

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ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. (botany) plum (fruit)
  2. (informal) firearms bullet
  3. hand grenade

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