teixugo
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teixugo
Galician
Etymology
From Western Hispanic Late Latin *taxūcu, probably from Gothic *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*þahsuks), diminutive of *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus), from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Cognate with Portuguese texugo and dialectal Spanish tasugo.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
teixugo m (plural teixugos)
- badger
- Synonyms: porco teixo, teixo, teixón
Adjective
teixugo (feminine teixuga, masculine plural teixugos, feminine plural teixugas)
Derived terms
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teyxug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teixugo”, 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), “teixugo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teixugo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “tejón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos