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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gemma. Cognate with Portuguese gema and Spanish yema.
Pronunciation
Noun
xema f (plural xemas)
- (botany) gemma, bud
- Synonyms: broto, gromo, xermolo
- gem, gemstone
- Synonym: pedra preciosa
- rock salt
- Synonym: sal xema
- yolk (of an egg)
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:Demais fazerll’ás beverage das gemas dos ovos e d’açafran e d’olio das violas, todo amasado ensembra con bõo viño branco- Moreover you'll make him a beverage with egg yolks and saffron and viola oil, everything mixed together with good white wine
- pulp of the fingertip
- Synonyms: palpexo, papo
- tail tip
References
- “gema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “gema” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “xema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xema” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “xema” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.