curuxa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• coruxa
• cuguruxa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾuʃa/, [kuˈɾu.ɕa]

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• Rhymes: -uʃa
• Hyphenation: cu‧ru‧xa

Noun

curuxa f (plural curuxes)

1. barn owl (a bird usually considered to bring bad or good luck)
   • popular couplet:

     Si la coruxa canta de nuiche canta pa lo solano, nieva si ye n'iviernu y llueve si ye en veranu

     If the owl sings at night towards the south, it snows if it's winter and it rains if it's summer

2. a mawkish person, witch

Derived terms

• curuxín
• acuruxar
• encuruxar
• curuxía
• curuxeru
• saber más que les curuxes
• xiblar a la curuxa

Galician

Curuxa ("barn owl")

Alternative forms

• cruxa

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾuʃa/ [kuˈɾu.ʃɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uʃa
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuʃa/ [ˈkɾu.ʃɐ] (corresponding to the form cruxa)
  • Rhymes: -uʃa
• Hyphenation: cu‧ru‧xa

Noun

curuxa f (plural curuxas)

1. barn owl (Tyto alba); a bird usually considered to bring bad or good luck
   • 1878, Francisco Añón, untitled:

     Por mor de certa rabuxa
     pelengrinei por Europa
     marexaba vento en popa
     pero dixen ¡ai da puxa!
     xa lle vin o rabo á cruxa,
     ando feito un sapo cuncho
     volvome ao patrio corruncho

     Because of certain rage
     I pilgrimaged along Europe
     I was sailing with tailwind
     but I said to myself, geez!
     I've already seen the owl's tail
     and I'm look like a tortoise
     I'm getting back to my native corner

2. oak apple, oak gall

   Synonyms: bugallo, coco, carrabouxo

Derived terms

• Curuxal
• curuxeira
• Curuxeira
• Cruxeiras
• curuxo

References

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