moxena

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈʃenɐ]

Noun

moxena f (plural moxenas)

1. spark (detached from burning material)

   Synonyms: charamusca, faísca, muxa, muxica

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 209:

     et vio sayr ẽno ayre feyscas et moxenas da terra [asi] cõmo de forno que arde

     and he saw embers and sparks emerging from the land and going into the air, as from an burning oven

References

• “moxena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “moxena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moxena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moxena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.