seixo
Galician
Alternative forms
- xeixo
Etymology
From Latin saxum (“rock”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈs̺ejʃʊ]
Noun
seixo m (plural seixos)
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seyx”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seixo”, 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), “seixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seixo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- seyxo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin saxum (“a stone”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Galician seixo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃu/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse(j).ʃo/ [ˈse(ɪ̯).ʃo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɐj.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsej.ʃu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈse.ʃu/
- Hyphenation: sei‧xo
- Homophone: Seixo
Noun
seixo m (plural seixos)
- pebble (small stone)
- Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
- (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- seixo rolado
Related terms
- seixa
- seixada
- seixal
- seixeira
- seixoso
Further reading
- seixo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt