xema
Galician
Alternative forms
- ema, xemia
- gema (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gema (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gemma. Cognate with Portuguese gema and Spanish yema.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃema/ [ˈʃe.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ema
- Hyphenation: xe‧ma
Noun
xema f (plural xemas)
- (botany) gemma, bud
- 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
- tail tip
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gema”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gema”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xema”, 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), “xema”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xema”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɛ̃.ma]
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃ma
- Hyphenation: xe‧ma
Noun
xema