xema

Galician

Alternative forms

• ema, xemia
• gema (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gemma. Cognate with Portuguese gema and Spanish yema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃema/ [ˈʃe.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: xe‧ma

Noun

xema f (plural xemas)

1. (botany) gemma, bud

   Synonyms: broto, gromo, xermolo

2. gem, gemstone

   Synonym: pedra preciosa

3. rock salt

   Synonym: sal xema

4. yolk (of an egg)
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     Demais fazerll’ás beverage das gemas dos ovos e d’açafran e d’olio das violas, todo amasado ensembra con bõo viño branco

     Moreover you'll make him a beverage with egg yolks and saffron and viola oil, everything mixed together with good white wine

5. pulp of the fingertip

   Synonyms: palpexo, papo

6. tail tip

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gema”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gema”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xema”, 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), “xema”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xema”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛ̃.ma]
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃ma
• Hyphenation: xe‧ma

Noun

xema

1. Alternative form of sema following a word ending in i, î or y