cuixa

Aragonese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Aragonese cuixa

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwiʃa/
• Syllabification: cui‧xa
• Rhymes: -iʃa

Noun

cuixa f (plural cuixas)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Catalan cuixa

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈku.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuj.ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -ujʃa
• Hyphenation: cui‧xa

Noun

cuixa f (plural cuixes)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Derived terms

• cuixabarba
• cuixal
• cuixarro
• cuixera
• cuixot
• encuixar
• escuixar

Related terms

• entrecuix

Further reading

• “cuixa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cuixa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cuixa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cuixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.