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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1813. From French valise or Italian valigia.
Pronunciation
Noun
valixa m (plural valixas)
- postbag, mailbag
1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.- They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “valixa”, 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), “valixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “valixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN