ameixa

• amexia (Mañegu)

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

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

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. (Mañegu) plum (fruit)

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

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

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

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'.^[1] Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. damson

   Synonyms: abruño, fatón

2. plum

   Synonym: cirola

• ameixola (Galician-Asturian)

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.^[2]

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

1. clam

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ameixa”, 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), “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

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).

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

ameixa f (plural ameixas)

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

• “ameixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ameixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025