pixota

Catalan

Etymology

From pixa +‎ -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈʃɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [piˈʃɔ.ta]

Noun

pixota f (plural pixotes)

1. pearlfish
2. (engineering) spindle

Derived terms

• pixota blanca
• pixota negra
• pixota terrosa
• pixota vermella

 

Further reading

• “pixota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• peixota

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peixota (although the forms pixota is attested earlier, since the 12th century), from peixe (“fish”) +‎ -ota, or either from pixa (“penis”) +‎ -ota. Compare Portuguese peixota and Spanish pijota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈʃɔtɐ]

Noun

pixota f (plural pixotas)

1. European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

   Synonym: pescada

   • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota

     little blackspot sea breams / and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake

References

• “peixota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pixota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “peixota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pixota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pixota” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pixota” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.