queixada

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈʃa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kejˈʃa.ða]

Verb

queixada f sg

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese queixada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from queixo (“chin”), from Latin *capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”), from capiō (“I capture, I seize, I take”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”). Cognate with Portuguese queixada and Spanish quijada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kejˈʃaða̝/

Noun

queixada m (plural queixadas)

1. (anatomy) mandible, jawbone
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 113:

     que se faz na boca do Cauallo hũa enfirmidade de jnchaço ou de llandooas llongas en maneira de amendooas que apertan de dentro as qeixadas tanto que o cauallo non pode comer, et aas uezes jnchase toda a boca et o paadal tanto que adur pode comer

     that is made in the mouth of the horse a disease of swelling or of long glands, in the manner of almonds, that tighten from the inside the horse's jawbones, so much that the horse can't even eat, and sometimes all the mouth and the palate swell so much that hardly can he eat

   Synonyms: maxilar, mandíbula

2. (anatomy) cheek
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: CSIC, page 1:

     deralle cõ aquela seeta por la queixada seestra e foralle por medeo da cabe[ç]a, et o biquo dela foralle ferir ẽna nariz.

     he hit the arrow on his left cheek, it went through the middle of the head, and the tip of it hurt him in the nose

   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 335:

     que o dito Rugel que aderençara a lles tomar as capas et as fouces et lles deran senas befetadas enas queixadas

     that the aforementioned Rugel came up to them to take their cloaks and sickles, and that he gave them each a slap in the face

   Synonyms: fazula, meixela, moufa

Related terms

• caixa
• couselo
• queixo

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixada (“jaw”), from queixo (“chin”), from Latin *capseum, from capsa (“box”), from capiō (“I capture, I seize, I take”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keiˈʃa.da/, [ke(i)ˈʃa.da]

Noun

1. any animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)
2. white-lipped peccary (), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America

   Synonyms: queixada-ruiva, queixo-ruivo, canela-ruiva, sabacu, sabucu, tacuité, taiaçu, tajaçu, tanhaçu, tanhocati, taguicati, tiririca, porco-do-mato, pecari

Noun

queixada m (plural queixadas)

1. (anatomy) mandible, the lower jawbone

Synonyms

• (dated) maxilar, maxilar inferior, mandíbula

Hypernyms

• osso

Related terms

• caixa
• queixo

Verb

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