marxa

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See also: marxà

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Etymology 1

Noun

marxa f (plural marxes)

  1. walk (act of walking)
    • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:
      va continuar amb la marxa cap a la capital.
      he will continue with the walk to the capital
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Etymology 2

Verb

marxa

  1. inflection of marxar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark”), perhaps through Old French marcher ("to walk < *to mark with the feet").

Pronunciation

Noun

marxa f (plural marxas)

  1. freckle
    Synonym: penca
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Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese margẽe, from Latin marginem, accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-. Alternatively, from or blended with a cognate of Spanish marjal, from Arabic.

Pronunciation

Noun

marxa f (plural marxas)

  1. (archaic) unit of measure (surface)
    • 1436, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & M. José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 377:
      Item ençima cabo do monte onde chaman, os Partidoyros, huna leyra de seys margêês de millo.
      Item, up near the wilderness called Os Partidoiros, a field measuring six margêês of millet
    • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 163:
      Jtem máis, sete margas de herdade ẽna agra d'Estalle
      Item, seven marjas of property in the field of Estalle
  2. a small patch of farmland
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References

  • “marga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “margee” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “marg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “marxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “marxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “marxa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. marxa.
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