imaxe
Asturian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈmaʃe/, [iˈma.ɕe]
- Rhymes: -aʃe
- Hyphenation: i‧ma‧xe
Galician
Alternative forms
- imaxen, omaxe
- imagem (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ymagen (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin imaginem, accusative singular of Latin imago (“image, statue”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (“to imitate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈmaʃe/ [iˈma̠.ʃɪ]
- Rhymes: -aʃe
- Hyphenation: i‧ma‧xe
Noun
imaxe f (plural imaxes)
- image
- religious image or statue
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 115:
- asy cõmo os de Assyria chamauã Belo aaquela ymage, asy os das outras terras chamauã cada hũ aasua ymage segundo oseu lengage
- just like the people from Assyria called Belo that image, the people of other lands called each one of its images after their languages
- 1703, José Noguerol y Camba, Versos gallegos, page 179:
- Hoi a miña Musa toda Sai á praza a pubricar As honras da nosa Aurora De Reza, que é nosa imaxen Que en iste Probo se adora Por Patroa singular, Por Alegre, por Señora, Por Galega
- Today my Muse go out to the public square to publish the honors of our [Madonna] Aurora of Reza, who is our image and who is adored in this town as our only patroness, because of her cheerfulness, such a Lady, such a Galician
References
- “imagem” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “imagee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “imaxe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “imaxe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “imaxe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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