cuxo

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, a genitive of quī (which) which had been used adjectivally since at least the time of Plautus. cp. Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), both from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

cuxo m (feminine cuxa, masculine plural cuxos, feminine plural cuxas)

  1. whose

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cuxo m (plural cuxos, feminine cuxa, feminine plural cuxas)

  1. calf
    Synonyms: becerro, pucho, xato

References

  • cujo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cujo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cuxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cuxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cuxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.