ameixeira

Galician

Etymology

From Ameixa (“plum”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mejˈʃej.ɾa̝/

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Noun

ameixeira f (plural ameixeiras)

1. plum tree
   • 1365, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 495:

     outra leira d'erdade que esta alende desta con duas ameixeiras et vides

     another plot which is beyond this one, with two plum trees and vines

Related terms

• ameixa

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ameixeira”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “ameixeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ameixeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ameixeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese ameixa

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Old Galician-Portuguese -eira

Portuguese -eira

Portuguese ameixeira

From ameixa (“plum”) + -eira.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.me(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/ [a.me(ɪ̯)ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mejˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mejˈʃej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.meˈʃe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mei‧xei‧ra

Noun

ameixeira f (plural ameixeiras)

1. plum tree

Related terms

• ameixa
• ameixal

Further reading

• “ameixeira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ameixeira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026