ameixa

Fala

Alternative forms

• amexia (Mañegu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) (“Damascene plums”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmei̯ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ei̯ʃa
• Syllabification: a‧mei‧xa

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. (Mañegu) plum (fruit)

   Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ciruela (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

Derived terms

• amexeira (“plum tree”)

 

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmejʃa/ [aˈmej.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejʃa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (“Damascene plums”), with a loss of initial 'd'. Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. damson

   Synonyms: abruño, fatón

2. plum

   Synonym: cirola

Alternative forms

• ameixola (Galician-Asturian)

Derived terms

• Ameixedo
• ameixeira
• Ameixeira
• Ameixeiras
• Ameixenda
• Ameixida
• Ameixide
• Ameixido

Etymology 2

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.

Ameixas

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. clam

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ameyxe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “ameixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ameixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

ameixas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈme(j).ʃa/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈme.ʃɐ/

• Rhymes: -eʃɐ, -ejʃɐ, -ɐjʃɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧mei‧xa

Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. (botany) plum (fruit)
2. (informal) firearms bullet
3. hand grenade

Derived terms

• ameixal
• ameixeira

 

Further reading

• “ameixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ameixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024