ameixa

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Galician[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin damascēna n pl (“Damascene plums”).

Noun[edit]

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruño, cirola, fatón
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa and Spanish almeja.

Ameixas

Noun[edit]

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. clam

References[edit]

  • “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.

Portuguese[edit]

ameixas

Etymology[edit]

From Latin *damascĭna-, by damascēna, from damascenus (“of or pertaining to Damascus”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

  1. plum (fruit)

Related terms[edit]

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