pixota

Catalan

Etymology

From pixa +‎ -ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈʃɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [piˈʃɔ.ta]

Noun

pixota f (plural pixotes)

1. pearlfish
2. (engineering) spindle

Derived terms

• pixota blanca
• pixota negra
• pixota terrosa
• pixota vermella

 

Further reading

• “pixota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• peixota

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peixota (although the forms pixota is attested earlier, since the 12th century), from peixe (“fish”) +‎ -ota, or either from pixa (“penis”) +‎ -ota. Compare Portuguese peixota and Spanish pijota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈʃɔtɐ]

Noun

pixota f (plural pixotas)

1. European hake (Merluccius merluccius)

   Synonym: pescada

   • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     burazinos / panchozes tamañiños / Va jiba ou maragota / e si acasso ben pijota

     little blackspot sea breams / and well sized axillary sea brams / With cuttlefish and ballan wrasse / and maybe also hake

References

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