xiba

Galician

xiba

Alternative forms

• sibia, xibia

Etymology

From Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiβa̝/

Noun

xiba f (plural xibas)

1. cuttlefish
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra

     Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of Baillon's wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound

   Synonyms: choco, chopo

Related terms

• sepia

References

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