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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pojar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *podiare, from podium.
Pronunciation
Verb
poxar (first-person singular present poxo, first-person singular preterite poxei, past participle poxado)
- (archaic, intransitive) to arise, to increase; to excel
- c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento, page 89:
Aqueste [...] poja et alcãça noble prez et grãde valor- This one excels and reaches a noble prize and a large value
- (archaic, transitive) to exceed
c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 57:elles aprenderam de Noe queo outro deluvio pasado que pojara quinze couedos sobre omays alto mõte do mũdo- they learnt from Noah that the past Deluge exceeded fifteen cubits over the highest mountain of the world
- (archaic, transitive) to push up, to cause to grow
- to auction
- to bid
1394, A. Cabana Outeiro, editor, O Tombo H da catedral de Santiago. Documentos anteriores a 1397, Valga: Concello de Valga, page 97:Entón o dito meestrescolla disso que pojaua a teença de Quinçãa em oytoçentas liuras, e logo Ruj d'Órdẽes, cóengo da dita igleia, que presente staua, disso que pojaua e pojou a dita teença de Quinçãa em mill e dosentas libras- Then the aforementioned schoolmaster said that he was bidding for the possession of Quinzán eight hundred pounds; and then Roi de Ordes, canon of this mentioned church, who was present, said that he was going to bid, and he bid for the aforementioned possession of Quinzán a thousand and two hundred pounds
- (intransitive, of cows) to come to the end of the pregnancy
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pojar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poj”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poxar”, 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), “poxar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poxar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN