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Etymology
From pixa + -ota.
Pronunciation
Noun
pixota f (plural pixotes)
- pearlfish
- (engineering) spindle
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese peixota (although the forms pixota is attested earlier, since the 12th century), from peixe (“fish”) + -ota, or either from pixa (“penis”) + -ota.[1] Compare Portuguese peixota and Spanish pijota.
Pronunciation
Noun
pixota f (plural pixotas)
- European hake (Merluccius merluccius)
- Synonym: pescada
1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota- little blackspot sea breams / and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peixota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pixota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peixota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pixota”, 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), “pixota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pixota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN