manxadoira

Galician

Alternative forms

• manxoeira, menxadoira, maixadoira

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *manjar (“to eat”) + -doira, or perhaps ultimately from Old French: cognate with French mangeoire, English manger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [manʃaˈðojɾɐ]

Noun

manxadoira f (plural manxadoiras)

1. manger

   Synonym: maseira

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     Ao Cauallo deuen teer a maniadeira baixa antre as maaos, asy que adur posa fillar con sa boca o feeo ou a palla

     They must have the manger of the horse low, in between the hands, so that he can hardly take the hay or the straw with his mouth

Related terms

• manxar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maniadeira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manxadoira”, 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), “manxadoira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manxadoira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN