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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1390 (cajado). From Latin caia. Compare Portuguese cajado and Spanish cayado.
Pronunciation
Noun
caxato m (plural caxatos)
- staff, shepherd's crook, cudgel
- Synonym: cachaba
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:Rrulan leuaua na mão un moy boo paao rretorto com̃o cajado cõ que dou a el todo o dia moy grãdes feridas- Roland carried in his hand an excellent staff twisted as a crook with which he delivered very large wounds all day long
1697, Juan Correa Mendoza, Romanze Gallego:Este vos digo eu que foi / Pastor ben feyto, è dereyto, / Que traìa seu cajado,- This I tell you was a well formed shepherd, and a straight one, who brought his crook
- cane, walking stick
- Synonym: bastón
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cajado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cajado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “caxato” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caxato” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caxato” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.