gorxa

Asturian

Noun

gorxa f (plural gorxes)

1. throat; gullet

Galician

Etymology

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges (“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔɾʃɐ]

Noun

gorxa f (plural gorxas)

1. (anatomy) gorge, gullet, throat

   Synonym: garganta

   • c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     A muller do Serafiño
     Por unha pinga rabéa,
     Quérea de cote a probiña,
     E se non bebe, toléa.
     Parece un longo varal,
     tratándose de viño,
     Gorxa tan ancha ela mostra
     Com’a canle dun bô muíño.
     Pro, se non vai por azumbres,
     Logo dí qu’é pouquiniño.

     Serafin's wife
     for a drop rages;
     she wants it all the time, poor thing,
     and if she doesn't drink she goes mad.
     She seems a long rod,
     but when it is about wine,
     she shows a gorge as wide
     as the flume of a good mill.
     But, if it doesn't come by gallons,
     soon she said that it is too little.

Related terms

• gorgoiro
• gorgueira
• gurgullón

References

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