muruxa
Galician
Alternative forms
- muruja (reintegrationist)
- maruxa, meruxa, miruxa, moruxa, muruxe, muraxe
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *murāgō, *murāginis. Cognate with Portuguese murugem, Spanish murajes and French mouron.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈɾuʃa̝/
Noun
muruxa f (plural muruxas)
Derived terms
- Morixoso
- Muruás
- Muruxás
- Muruxosa
- Murxeira
- Murxide
- Murxido
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “muruxa”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “muruxe”, 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), “muruxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muruxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “murajes”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos