xaxún

Galician

Alternative forms

• xexún

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese *jajun (attested in the plural jajũus, 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin iēiūnium (“fast”), from iēiūnus (“hungry, abstinent”), from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Portuguese jejum, French jeûne and Spanish ayuno. Doublet of the borrowed xexuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈʃuŋ/

Noun

xaxún m (plural xaxúns)

1. fast, fasting (abstention from food)
2. fast, fasting (period of time when one abstains from food)

Related terms

• xaxuar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “jaj”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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