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Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /palˈpeʃo/
- Rhymes: -eʃo
- Hyphenation: pal‧pe‧xo
Etymology 1
From apalpar + -exo.
Noun
palpexo m (plural palpexos)
- tiptoe
1891, Heraclio Pérez Placer, Contos, lendas e tradicións, page 63:saíndo dun portal foi nos palpexos dos pés tras dil e tapandolle por tras os ollos berroulle desfigurand'a voz — ¿quen son, quen son?- getting out of a hall she went on her tiptoes after him and, covering his eyes from the back, she shouted while distorting her voice: «Who am I? Who am I?»
Etymology 2
Deverbal from palpexar (“to beat, throb”).
Noun
palpexo m (plural palpexos)
- beat; throb
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “palpexo”, 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), “palpexo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega