seixo
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin saxum (“rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese seixo (“pebble”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seixo m (plural seixos)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “seyx” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “seixo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “seixo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “seixo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin saxum (“a stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”). Compare Spanish saxo (“stone”) and Italian sasso (“stone”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seixo m (plural seixos)
- pebble (small stone)
- Synonyms: calhau, cascalho, pedregulho, pedrinha
- (geology, Wentworth scale) pebble (particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter)
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Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- seixo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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