meixengra
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meixengra
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *maisingaz, from *maisǭ (“titmouse”) + *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Portuguese mejengra, French mésange and Old Norse meisingr (“titmouse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meixengra f (plural meixengras)
- tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)
- 1955, Alfonso Gayoso, Os fidalgos de Rante, Buenos Aires: Edicións Miño, page 47:
- Mesmo pareces unha meixengra en día de choiva.
- You even look as a titmouse in a rainy day
- bee-eater
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meixengra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “meixengra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “meixengra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN