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caixa

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin capsa. Compare Catalan caixa, Occitan caissa and Sicilian caxa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caixa f

  1. box
  2. (finance) savings bank
  3. (woodworking) mortise

Further reading

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Proto-Italic *kapsos
Latin capsa
Old Catalan caixa
Catalan caixa

    Inherited from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Doublet of capsa. Compare Aragonese caixa, Occitan caissa and Sicilian caxa.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    caixa f (plural caixes)

    1. box
    2. (finance) savings bank
      • 2019, “Sento”, in Energia fosca, performed by El Petit de Cal Eril:
        Coses inútils com les caixes o els bancs / Coses terribles com les bales o els tancs
        Useless things like boxes or banks / Terrible things like bullets or tanks
    3. (woodworking) mortise
      Coordinate term: metxa

    Usage notes

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    • There is a semantic difference in the usage of caixa and capsa according to their size. Boxes larger than a shoebox are usually called caixa, while boxes smaller than a shoebox (e.g. for matches, confectionery, pills) are capsa.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • → Asturian: caxa
    • → Leonese: caixa
    • → Sardinian: cascia
    • → Sicilian: caxa, cascia

    Further reading

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *kap-
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
    Proto-Italic *kapjō
    Proto-Italic *kapsos
    Latin capsa
    Old Catalan caixabor.
    Old Galician-Portuguese caixa
    Galician caixa

      From Old Galician-Portuguese caixa (compare Portuguese caixa), borrowed from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Spanish caja.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈkajʃa/ [ˈkɑj.ʃɐ]
      • Rhymes: -ajʃa
      • Hyphenation: cai‧xa

      Noun

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      caixa f (plural caixas)

      1. box
      2. coffin
        Synonyms: ataúde, cadaleito, féretro
      3. (music) drum
        Synonym: tambor
      4. cash desk
      5. cash box, cash register
      6. gearbox
      7. savings bank

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      References

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      Macanese

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      Etymology

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        From Portuguese caixa (“box”). Unusually, de-diphthongization did not take place (compare caxám, Spanish caja).

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        • IPA(key): /ˈkaj.ʃɐ/, /ˈkaj.ʃa/

        Noun

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        caixa

        1. small copper coin
        2. measure of weight, one tenth of the condorim, formerly used in Macau to weigh silver used as currency in commercial transactions
        3. camphor or teak trunk, engraved with Chinese drawings and intended for storing clothes
        4. box
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        References

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        • “caixa”, in “Lexicon”, in Macanese Library, 2024
        • Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “caixa”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 339

        Old Catalan

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Latin capsa. Cognate with Old Occitan caissa. First attested in the 13th century.[1]

          Noun

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          caixa f

          1. box

          Descendants

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          References

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          1. ^ Joan Coromines (1980–1991), “caixa”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes

          Old Galician-Portuguese

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          Etymology

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            Borrowed from Old Catalan caixa,[1] from Latin capsa, from Proto-Italic *kapsos, from *kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from *kap- + *-yéti. Cognate with Old Spanish caxa.

            Noun

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            caixa f (plural caixas)

            1. box
              Synonym: buxeta
              • 1426, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, XI, nº Adicións-1.1, pages 79-92:
                iten outras duas cruzes; a hua pequena, en que esta lyno domini, cuberta de follas douro, que adoran esta feyra mayor, et esta gardada en hua cayxa de madeyro; et a outra cruz mays grande, en que esta haun cruçifiçio con duas omajees, et dous escudos de armas de bendaña, et outros dous escudos con dous leoos, et o pee byrtado dela, et he toda de prata dourada
                item, two more crosses: a small one, in which is "lyno domini", covered with gold leaf, that they adore this major feast, and is kept in a wooden box; another larger cross, in which is a crucifix with two images, and two coat of arms of the Bendaña family, and another two coats with two lions, and its foot is broken, and is made of gilded silver

            Descendants

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            References

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            1. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1995), “caixa”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume II (C–E), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 26, column 1

            Portuguese

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            Uma caixa sem tampa

            Etymology

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            Etymology tree
            Proto-Indo-European *kap-
            Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
            Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
            Proto-Italic *kapjō
            Proto-Italic *kapsos
            Latin capsa
            Old Catalan caixabor.
            Old Galician-Portuguese caixa
            Portuguese caixa

              From Old Galician-Portuguese caixa, borrowed from Old Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Sicilian caxa, Spanish caja.

              Pronunciation

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              • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.ʃɐ/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈkaj.ʃɐ/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ʃɐ]
                • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈka.ʃa/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈkaj.ʃa/ [ˈkaɪ̯.ʃa]
               

              Noun

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              caixa f (plural caixas)

              1. box
              2. (music) snare drum
                Synonym: tarola

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              Noun

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              caixa m or f by sense (plural caixas)

              1. cashier (one who works at a till handling payments)
                Synonym: caixeiro
                Aquele caixa trabalha bem. ― That cashier works well.

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              Noun

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              caixa m (plural caixas)

              1. ledger
              2. a cash register and the counter upon which it resides

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