seixo

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Galician

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Etymology

From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble
    Synonyms: callao, croio
  2. quartz
    Synonym: cuarzo

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References

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

Portuguese

seixos

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Etymology

From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

seixo m (plural seixos)

  1. pebble (small stone)
    Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
  2. (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)

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