queixo

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Pronunciation

Verb

queixo

  1. only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkejʃo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ejʃo
  • Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Etymology 1

Galician homemade queixos ("cheeses")
Queixo do Cebreiro, an eastern Galician cow cheese

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

Alternative forms

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. cheese
    • 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
      huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios
      a bowl of butter and two cheeses
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Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. (anatomy) chin
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:
      Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.
      He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed
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Etymology 3

Verb

queixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

References

  • “queixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “queijo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “queixo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “queyg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “queixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “queixo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “queixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

 
 

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”).

Queixo

Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. (anatomy) chin (bottom of the face)
    Synonym: mento
  2. each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

queixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar
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