muxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• muxel, muxo

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural muxes, itself from the medieval mugees, from mugel, from Latin mūgil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʃe̝/

Noun

muxe m (plural muxes)

1. mullet
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten a libra dos corvelos et mugees et robalos et robaliças et reos et vesugos et douradas [...] a quatro dineiros cada libra

     Item, the pound of young pollacks and of mullets and of basses and of young basses and of sea trouts and of seabreams and of gilt-head breams [...], four diñeiros each pound

   Synonyms: cabezudo, limoso, taíña

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mugees”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Zapotec

Alternative forms

• ira' muxe

Noun

muxe

1. male-bodied person who acts feminine and/or is homosexual

See also

• two-spirit

References

• Larry P. Gross, ‎James D. Woods, The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media →ISBN, 1999)