xaneira
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quendas xaneiras (“the calends of January”), from Latin kalendas ianuarias. Compare Portuguese janeiras.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]xaneira m (plural xaneiras)
- (in the plural) New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)
- Synonym: anibón
- (of cats, foxes, wolves) heat
Derived terms
[edit]- axaneirar
- andar á xaneira (“to be on heat, rut”)
- xaneirento
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “janeyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “janeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xaneira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xaneira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xaneira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN