poxar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pojar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *podiare, from podium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈʃaɾ/

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) to arise, to increase; to excel
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento, page 89:

     Aqueste [...] poja et alcãça noble prez et grãde valor

     This one [...] excels and reaches a noble prize and a large value

2. (archaic, transitive) to exceed
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:

     elles aprenderam de Noe queo outro deluvio pasado que pojara quinze couedos sobre omays alto mõte do mũdo

     they learnt from Noah that the past Deluge exceeded fifteen cubits over the highest mountain of the world

3. (archaic, transitive) to push up, to cause to grow
4. to auction
5. to bid
   • 1394, A. Cabana Outeiro (ed.), O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397. Valga: Concello de Valga, page 97:

     Entón o dito meestrescolla disso que pojaua a teença de Quinçãa em oytoçentas liuras, e logo Ruj d'Órdẽes, cóengo da dita igleia, que presente staua, disso que pojaua e pojou a dita teença de Quinçãa em mill e dosentas libras

     Then the aforementioned schoolmaster said that he was bidding for the possession of Quinzán eight hundred pounds; and then Roi de Ordes, canon of this mentioned church, who was present, said that he was going to bid, and he bid for the aforementioned possession of Quinzán a thousand and two hundred pounds

6. (intransitive, of cows) to come to the end of the pregnancy

Derived terms

• poxa
• poxador
• poxamento

References

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