choia

Galician

choia

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French choe (“chough”), from Proto-Germanic *kahwō (“jackdaw, crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔja̝/

Noun

choia f (plural choias)

1. chough
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     Cregos, frades, pegas e choyas, do a demo tas quatro joyas (proverb)

     Priests, friars, magpies and choughs, I send to hell these four jewels

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “choia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN