carqueixa
Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From substrate *carcasia, *querquesia, or similar,[1][2] from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare the local pre-Roman tribal name Querquerni.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carqueixa f (plural carqueixas)
- (botany) Genista tridentata (a broom with oak-like leaves)
- Synonym: lavacuncas
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carqueixa”, 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), “carqueixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carqueixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 168-170,
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “carquesa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos