follaxe
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old Galician-Portuguese follajee (first attested in 1493). By surface analysis, folla (“leaf”) + -axe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]follaxe f (plural follaxes)
- foliage (the leaves of plants)
Further reading
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “follaxe”, 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), “follaxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “follaxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN