caxato

Galician

Alternative forms

• caxado, caxata

Etymology

Attested since 1390 (cajado). From Latin caia. Compare Portuguese cajado and Spanish cayado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈʃatʊ]

Noun

caxato m (plural caxatos)

1. staff, shepherd's crook, cudgel

   Synonym: cachaba

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     Rrulan leuaua na mão un moy boo paao rretorto com̃o cajado cõ que dou a el todo o dia moy grãdes feridas

     Roland carried in his hand an excellent staff twisted as a crook with which he delivered very large wounds all day long

   • 1697, Juan Correa Mendoza, Romanze Gallego:

     Este vos digo eu que foi / Pastor ben feyto, è dereyto, / Que traìa seu cajado,

     This I tell you was a well formed shepherd, and a straight one, who brought his crook

2. cane, walking stick

   Synonym: bastón

Derived terms

• morrer ao caxato

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cajado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cajado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caxato”, 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), “caxato”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caxato”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN