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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1409 (manquejar). From manco (“lame”) + -exar.
Pronunciation
Verb
manquexar (first-person singular present manquexo, first-person singular preterite manquexei, past participle manquexado)
- (transitive) to lame
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 198:asáñas’ende o nervo e incha, e manqueja ende o cavalo- hence the nerve inflames and swells, and so it lames the horse
- (intransitive) to limp
- Synonyms: coxear, zopegar
Conjugation
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manque”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manquexar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “manquexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega