ruxerruxe
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A reduplication of ruxe (“it sounds/jingles/roars”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruxerruxe m (plural ruxerruxes)
- jingle; hum
- rattle
- Synonym: axóuxere
- (figurative) rumor
- Synonym: runrún
- 2004, Séchu Sende, Orixe, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 127:
- Segundo o ruxerruxe, un dos xogadores era o gobernador e tamén se falaba do conde e do xuíz e dun capitán da Garda Civil, do cura e mesmo do alcalde
- According to the rumor, one of the gamblers was the governor, and they also told of the count and the judge and a captain of the guards and the priest and even the mayor
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruxe”, 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), “ruxerruxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruxerruxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “ruxerruxe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024